 chatter |
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| 1. | [ noun ] noisy talk | |
| Synonyms: | yack yakety-yak cackle yak | |
| Related terms: | talk prate cackle yack | |
| 2. | [ verb ] speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | |
| Synonyms: | prattle gabble tittle-tattle twaddle palaver clack maunder gibber tattle blabber prate blab piffle | |
| Related terms: | talk babble yak prate twaddler jabber palaver baloney chatterer balderdash | |
| 3. | [ verb ] click repeatedly or uncontrollably, as of teeth | |
| Synonyms: | click | |
| Related terms: | go | |
| 4. | [ verb ] cut unevenly with a chattering tool | |
| Related terms: | cut | |
| 5. | [ verb ] talk socially without exchanging too much information | |
| Synonyms: | chat jaw visit claver chaffer chitchat natter gossip confab chew_the_fat shoot_the_breeze confabulate | |
| Examples: | "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" |
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| Related terms: | converse shmooze visitor chitchat chatterer chat | |
| 6. | [ verb ] make noise as if chattering away | |
| Examples: | : "The magpies were chattering in the trees" |
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| Related terms: | talk | |
| 7. | [ noun ] the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine | |
| Synonyms: | chattering | |
| Related terms: | noise | |
| 8. | [ noun ] the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) | |
| Synonyms: | chattering | |
| Related terms: | noise | |
| Similar spelling: |
chitter cheater Chateura chowder |
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