'Chatter' definitions:
Definition of 'chatter'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
The rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine [syn: chatter, chattering]
noun
The high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) [syn: chatter, chattering]
verb
Click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth" [syn: chatter, click]
verb
Cut unevenly with a chattering tool
verb
Talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]
verb
Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
verb
Make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were chattering in the trees"
Definition of 'Chatter'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Chatter'
From: GCIDE
- Chatter \Chat"ter\, v. t. To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly. [1913 Webster]
- Begin his witless note apace to chatter. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Chatter'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'chatter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- yammer