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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chatter has 3 senses
- chatter(n = noun.communication) cackle, yack, yak, yakety-yak - noisy talk; Array is a kind of talk, talking
- chatter(n = noun.event) chattering - the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine; Array is a kind of noise
- chatter(n = noun.event) chattering - the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys); Array is a kind of noise
has particulars: blether, chin music, idle talk, prate, prattle
Derived forms verb chatter4, verb chatter3
Derived form verb chatter5
Verb chatter has 5 senses
- chatter(v = verb.perception) click - click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth" is one way to go, sound
- chatter(v = verb.contact) Array - cut unevenly with a chattering tool; Array is one way to cut
- chatter(v = verb.communication) chaffer, chat, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" is one way to converse, discourse
- chatter(v = verb.communication) blab, blabber, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly; Array is one way to mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
- chatter(v = verb.communication) Array - make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were chattering in the trees" is one way to mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Derived form noun chattering1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun chatter1, noun chatterer1
Sample sentences:
Sam and Sue chatter
Sam wants to chatter with Sue
Derived forms noun chatter1, noun chatterer1
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue chatter
Derived forms noun chatter3, noun chatterer1, noun chattering2
Sample sentences:
The birds chatter in the woods
The woods chatter with many kinds of birds
CIDE DICTIONARY
- To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. [1913 Webster]"The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters." [1913 Webster]
- To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate. [1913 Webster]"To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue." [1913 Webster]
- To make a noise by rapid collisions. [1913 Webster]"With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright." [1913 Webster]
chatter, v. t.
To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly. [1913 Webster]
"Begin his witless note apace to chatter."
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chatter, n.
- 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." [1913 Webster]
- Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chatter, v. & n.
--v.intr.
1 talk quickly, incessantly, trivially, or indiscreetly.
2 (of a bird) emit short quick notes.
3 (of the teeth) click repeatedly together (usu. from cold).
4 (of a tool) clatter from vibration.
--n.
1 chattering talk or sounds.
2 the vibration of a tool.
--v.intr.
1 talk quickly, incessantly, trivially, or indiscreetly.
2 (of a bird) emit short quick notes.
3 (of the teeth) click repeatedly together (usu. from cold).
4 (of a tool) clatter from vibration.
--n.
1 chattering talk or sounds.
2 the vibration of a tool.
Derivative
chatterer n. chattery adj.
Etymology
ME: imit.
THESAURUS
chatter
accents, babble, babblement, bavardage, be cold, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blah-blah, blather, blether, blethers, bob, bobble, bounce, brattle, bull, bump, cackle, call, caquet, caqueterie, carol, caw, chaffer, chat, chattering, cheep, chill, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitchat, chitter, chitter-chatter, chuck, clack, clacket, clatter, clatter about, clitter, clitterclatter, cluck, clunter, cock-a-doodle-doo, comment, conversation, converse, coo, croak, cronk, crow, cuckoo, declaim, didder, discourse, dither, drag out, draw out, drum, elocution, extend, falter, fill out, freeze, freeze to death, gab, gabble, gaggle, gas, gibber, gibble-gabble, go on, gobble, gossip, grow cold, guff, guggle, gush, have a chill, have an ague, have goose pimples, haver, honk, hoo, hoot, horripilate, hot air, hustle, idle talk, jabber, jabbering, jactitate, jar, jaw, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, jounce, jump, language, lose heat, mere talk, mouth, natter, never finish, nonsense talk, oral communication, pad, palaver, parole, patter, peep, perish with cold, perorate, pip, pipe, pour forth, prate, prating, prattle, prittle-prattle, protract, quack, quake, quaver, quiver, racket, ramble on, rapping, rattle, rattle around, rattle on, rattletybang, rattling, reel off, roll, ruckle, run on, run out, scold, shake, shiver, shock, shudder, sing, small talk, speak, speak at length, speaking, speech, spin out, spout, spout off, squawk, stretch out, string out, stultiloquence, talk, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee, talking, tittle-tattle, tremble, trill, twaddle, twattle, tweet, twit, twitter, vibrate, waffle, wag the tongue, warble, whistle, wobble, words, yak, yakkety-yak, yakking, yammerROGET THESAURUS
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Loquacity
N loquacity, loquaciousness, talkativeness, garrulity, multiloquence, much speaking, jaw, gabble, jabber, chatter, prate, prattle, cackle, clack, twaddle, twattle, rattle, caquet, caquetterie, blabber, bavardage, bibble-babble, gibble-gabble, small talk, fluency, flippancy, volubility, flowing, tongue, flow of words, flux de bouche, flux de mots, copia verborum, cacoethes loquendi, furor loquendi, verbosity, gift of the gab, talker, chatterer, chatterbox, babbler, rattle, ranter, sermonizer, proser, driveler, blatherskite, gossip, magpie, jay, parrot, poll, Babel, moulin a paroles, loquacious, talkative, garrulous, linguacious, multiloquous, largiloquent, chattering, chatty, declamatory, open-mouthed, fluent, voluble, glib, flippant, long tongued, long winded, trippingly on the tongue, glibly, off the reel, the tongue running fast, the tongue running loose, the tongue running on wheels, all talk and no cider, foul whisperings are abroad, what a spendthrift is he of his tongue!.VB be loquacious, talk glibly, pour forth, patter, prate, palaver, prose, chatter, prattle, clack, jabber, jaw, blather, blatter, blether, rattle, rattle on, twaddle, twattle, babble, gabble, outtalk, talk oneself out of breath, talk oneself hoarse, expatiate, gossip, din in the ears, talk at random, talk nonsense, be hoarse with talking.
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