chatter

  • 21chatter — 1. noun /ˈtʃætə/ˈtʃætɚ a) talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk Proper brake adjustment will help to reduce the chatter. b) the sound of talking …

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  • 22chatter — 1 verb (I) 1 to talk quickly in a friendly way without stopping, especially about things that are not serious or important (+ to): You ve been chattering to Tom on the phone for ages. 2 if birds or monkeys chatter, they make short high sounds 3… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23chatter — v 1. jabber, prattle, cackle, gibber, Sl. gibber jabber, jargon; babble, prate, tattle, twaddle, Brit. twattle; patter, gabble, blather, drivel; mutter, mumble, splutter, sputter, stammer; chit chat, chitter chatter, chaffer, bandy words; gossip …

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  • 24chatter — [ˈtʃætə] verb [I] 1) to talk in a fast informal way about unimportant subjects 2) if your teeth chatter, they knock together from fear or cold chatter noun [U] …

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  • 25chatter — /ˈtʃætə / (say chatuh) verb (i) 1. to utter a succession of quick, inarticulate, speech like sounds: a chattering monkey. 2. to talk rapidly and to little purpose; jabber. 3. to make a rapid clicking noise by striking together, as the teeth from… …

  • 26CHATTER — v. n. Il se dit D une chatte qui fait ses petits. Une chatte qui est prête à chatter. Elle a chatté cette nuit …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 27chatter — chatteringly, adv. chattery, adj. /chat euhr/, v.i. 1. to talk rapidly in a foolish or purposeless way; jabber. 2. to utter a succession of quick, inarticulate, speechlike sounds, as monkeys or certain birds. 3. to make a rapid clicking noise by… …

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  • 28chatter — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …

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  • 29chatter — 1. noun she tired him with her chatter Syn: chat, talk, gossip, chitchat, jabbering, jabber, prattling, prattle, babbling, babble, tittle tattle, blathering, blather; informal yammering, yattering, yapping, jawing, chewing the fat; formal… …

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  • 30chatter — 1. verb they chattered excitedly Syn: prattle, chat, gossip, jabber, babble; informal yatter; Brit.; informal natter, chunter, rabbit on 2. noun she tired him with her chatter Syn: prattle, chat, gos …

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