chatter

Noun · Verb

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. noisy talkSynonyms: yakyackyakety-yakcackle
  2. the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machineSynonyms: chattering
  3. the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)Synonyms: chattering

Verb (5)

  1. click repeatedly or uncontrollably“Chattering teeth”Synonyms: click
  2. cut unevenly with a chattering tool
  3. talk socially without exchanging too much information“the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze”Synonyms: chew the fatshoot the breezechatconfabulateconfabchitchatchit-chatchaffernattergossipjawclavervisit
  4. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantlySynonyms: pifflepalaverpratetittle-tattletwaddleclackmaunderprattleblabgibbertattleblabbergabble
  5. make noise as if chattering away“The magpies were chattering in the trees”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Chatter \Chat"ter\, n.

1.Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle. [1913 Webster]

Your words are but idle and empty chatter.— Longfellow.[1913 Webster]

2.Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering. [1913 Webster]


Chatter \Chat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Chattering.] [Of imitative origin. Cf. Chat, v. i. Chitter.]

1.To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. [1913 Webster]

The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters.— Wordsworth.[1913 Webster]

2.To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate. [1913 Webster]

To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.To make a noise by rapid collisions. [1913 Webster]

With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

Chatter \Chat"ter\, v. t. To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly. [1913 Webster]

Begin his witless note apace to chatter. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

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