chatter (n.)

  1. noisy talk

    [ Syn: yak , yack , yakety-yak , cackle ]

  2. the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine

    [ Syn: chattering ]

  3. the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)

    [ Syn: chattering ]

    chatter (v.)

  1. click repeatedly or uncontrollably; Chattering teeth

    [ Syn: 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

    [ Syn: chew the fat , shoot the breeze , chat , confabulate , confab , chitchat , chit-chat , chaffer , natter , gossip , jaw , claver , visit ]

  4. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

    [ Syn: piffle , palaver , prate , tittle-tattle , twaddle , clack , maunder , prattle , blab , gibber , tattle , blabber , gabble ]

  5. make noise as if chattering away; The magpies were chattering in the trees'

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