chatter

  • 11chatter — vb *chat, gab, patter, prate, babble, gabble, jabber, gibber Analogous words: see those at CHAT …

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  • 12chatter — Chatter, Chattonner. Ce dernier n est guere usité. Verbe act. qui se met le plus souvent sans regime. Faire de petits chats. Cette chatte chattera bien tost. elle a chatté cette nuit. elle a chatté quatre, cinq chats …

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  • 13chatter — ► VERB 1) talk at length about trivial matters. 2) (of a person s teeth) click repeatedly together from cold or fear. ► NOUN 1) incessant trivial talk. 2) a series of short quick high pitched sounds. ● the chattering classes Cf. ↑ …

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  • 14chatter — chat|ter1 [ˈtʃætə US ər] v [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: From the sound] 1.) [i]also chatter away/on to talk quickly in a friendly way without stopping, especially about things that are not serious or important ▪ She chattered away happily until she… …

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  • 15chatter — [[t]tʃæ̱tə(r)[/t]] chatters, chattering, chattered 1) VERB If you chatter, you talk quickly and continuously, usually about things which are not important. [V adv/prep] Everyone s chattering away in different languages... [V about n] Erica was… …

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  • 16chatter — I UK [ˈtʃætə(r)] / US [ˈtʃætər] verb [intransitive] Word forms chatter : present tense I/you/we/they chatter he/she/it chatters present participle chattering past tense chattered past participle chattered 1) chatter or chatter away or chatter on… …

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  • 17chatter — chat|ter1 [ tʃætər ] verb intransitive 1. ) chatter or chatter away or chatter on to talk continuously in a fast informal way, usually about unimportant subjects: Stop chattering and open your books. She chattered on for twenty minutes while I… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18chatter — I n. constant, endless, idle, incessant chatter II v. 1) ( to talk fast ) to chatter incessantly 2) (D; intr.) ( to talk fast ) to chatter about 3) (D; intr.) ( to click ) to chatter from, with (his teeth were chattering with the cold) * * * [… …

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  • 19chatter — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ constant, endless, incessant ▪ Her constant chatter was starting to annoy me. ▪ excited, loud, nervous, noisy …

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  • 20Chatter — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Chatter », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Chatter peut désigner: un terme anglais… …

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