rattle on/away

rattle on/away
PRATTLE, babble, chatter, gabble, prate, go on, jabber, gibber, blether, ramble; informal gab, yak, yap; Brit. informal witter, rabbit, chunter, waffle.
rattle

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talk rapidly and at length, esp. in an inane or boring way

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