What are you pratting about with now? Get your homework done.
I spent the weekend pratting about with the central heating and got absolutely nowhere with it!
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prat about — vb British to behave stupidly or irresponsibly, to do things in a disorganised, messy way. From the noun prat … Contemporary slang
prat about / around — Verb. 1. To idle away time. 2. To act foolishly and annoyingly … English slang and colloquialisms
prat´tling|ly — prat|tle «PRAT uhl», verb, tled, tling. noun. –v.i. 1. to talk as a child does; tell freely and carelessly: »The two neighbors prattled on and on about their private lives. 2. to talk or tell in a foolish way; chatter: »to prattle in the most… … Useful english dictionary
prat´tler — prat|tle «PRAT uhl», verb, tled, tling. noun. –v.i. 1. to talk as a child does; tell freely and carelessly: »The two neighbors prattled on and on about their private lives. 2. to talk or tell in a foolish way; chatter: »to prattle in the most… … Useful english dictionary
prat|tle — «PRAT uhl», verb, tled, tling. noun. –v.i. 1. to talk as a child does; tell freely and carelessly: »The two neighbors prattled on and on about their private lives. 2. to talk or tell in a foolish way; chatter: »to prattle in the most babyish way … Useful english dictionary
prat·tle — /ˈprætl̩/ verb, prattles, prattled, prattling [no obj] : to talk for very long about something that is not important or interesting They prattled on into the night, discussing school, music, and friends. prattle noun [noncount] I was tired of… … Useful english dictionary
Arturo Prat — Agustín Arturo Prat Chacón Born April 3, 1848(1848 04 03) near Ninhue, Chile … Wikipedia
dick around — vb to mess around (with), behave in a disor ganised or aimless way. The expression employs dick (the penis) in the same way as cock, prat about, etc … Contemporary slang
pratincole — /prat ing kohl , prat n /, n. any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail. [ < NL Pratincola (1756) genus name, equiv. to L prat(um) meadow… … Universalium
prattle — prat|tle1 [ prætl ] verb intransitive to talk in a silly way for a long time about unimportant things prattle prat|tle 2 [ prætl ] noun uncount silly talk about unimportant things … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
