1. To speak or chatter glibly and rapidly. 2. To mumble prayers in a mechanical manner.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
To utter in a glib, rapid, or mechanical manner.
NOUN:
1. The jargon of a particular group; cant. 2. Glib rapid speech, as of an auctioneer, salesperson, or comedian. 3. Meaningless talk; chatter.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English pateren, shortening and alteration of paternoster, paternoster (from the mechanical and rapid recitation of the prayer). See paternoster.
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