chatter

  • 41chatter mark — 1. a mark left by a tool that has been chattering. 2. Geol. any of a series of irregular gouges made on rock surfaces by the slipping of rock fragments held in the lower portion of a glacier. [1885 90] * * * ▪ geology       small, curved fracture …

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  • 42Chatter mark — A Chatter mark is one or, more commonly, a series of marks made by vibratory chipping of a bedrock surface by rock fragments carried in the base of a glacier. Marks tend to be crescent shaped and oriented at right angles to the direction of ice… …

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  • 43chatter mark — noun 1. marks on a glaciated rock caused by the movement of a glacier • Hypernyms: ↑erosion, ↑eroding, ↑eating away, ↑wearing, ↑wearing away 2. a mark made by a chattering tool on the surface of a workpiece • Hypernyms: ↑blemish …

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  • 44chatter nineteen to the dozen — talk/chatter/nineteen to the dozen british informal phrase to talk very quickly without stopping Thesaurus: to talk continuously and too muchsynonym Main entry …

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  • 45chatter — I. verb Etymology: Middle English chatteren, of imitative origin Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. to utter rapid short sounds suggestive of language but inarticulate and indistinct < squirrels chattered angrily > 2. to talk idly,&#8230; …

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  • 46Chatter — Chat|ter 〈[tʃæ̣t ] m. 3; EDV〉 jmd., der im Internet kommuniziert [→ chatten] * * * Chat|ter [ t̮ʃætɐ], der; s, (EDV): jmd., der chattet …

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  • 47chatter — See: whipsawed …

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  • 48chatter — (cha té) v. n. Faire des petits, en parlant d une chatte. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Chatte …

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  • 49chatter — ● ►en /tcha t*r/ n. m. ou vt. ►IRC Personne participant souvent et/ou longuement à des discussions en temps réel via le chat ou l IRC. En tant que verbe, discuter de cette manière …

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  • 50chatter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. prattle, talk, gabble, gibberish, patter, gossip. See loquacity, speech. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. prattle, jabber, gossip, chat; see babble . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. prattle, *gibber jabber,&#8230; …

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