the usually glib and rapid speech or talk used by a magician while performing, a barker at a circus or sideshow, a comedian or other entertainer, a vendor of questionable wares, or the like; stylized or rehearsed talk used to attract attention, entertain, etc.
amusing lines delivered rapidly by an entertainer or performer, as in a comic routine or in a song.
the jargon or cant of any class, group, etc.
—v.i.
to talk glibly or rapidly, esp. with little regard to meaning; chatter.
to repeat a paternoster or other prayer in a rapid, mechanical way.
—v.t.
to recite or repeat (prayers, verses, etc.) in a rapid, mechanical way.