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chatter
noun
1 chatter
Noisy talk.
synonyms: cackle, yack, yak, yakety-yak.
Roget 584:
loquacity,
loquaciousness;
talkativeness
etc.
adj.;
garrulity;
multiloquence†,
much speaking.
jaw;
gabble;
jabber,
chatter;
prate,
prattle,
cackle,
clack;
twaddle,
twattle,
rattle;
caquet†,
caquetterie [Fr.];
blabber,
bavardage†,
bibble-babble†,
gibble-gabble†;
small talk
etc.
(converse)
588.
fluency,
flippancy,
volubility,
flowing,
tongue;
flow of words;
flux de bouche [Fr.],
flux de mots [Fr.];
copia verborum [Lat.],
cacoethes loquendi [Lat.];
furor loquendi [Lat.];
verbosity
etc.
(diffuseness)
573;
gift of the gab
etc.
(eloquence)
582.
talker;
chatterer,
chatterbox;
babbler
etc.
v.;
rattle;
ranter;
sermonizer,
proser†,
driveler;
blatherskite [U.S.];
gossip
etc.
(converse)
588;
magpie,
jay,
parrot,
poll,
Babel;
moulin a paroles [Fr.].
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Dutch: spuwsel, gebabbel, gezwets, gezwam, gelul, geleuter, gekwebbel, geklets, gekwetter
2 chatter
The rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine.
synonym: chattering.
3 chatter
The high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys).
synonym: chattering.
verb
1 chatter
Click repeatedly or uncontrollably:
— Chattering teeth.
synonym: click.
2 chatter
Cut unevenly with a chattering tool.
3 chatter
Talk socially without exchanging too much information.
synonyms: chaffer, chat, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit ... show more.
Dutch: pruttelen, babbelen, kletsen, zwetsen, chatten, chat
4 chatter
Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.
synonyms: blab, blabber, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle ... show more.
Roget 584:
be loquacious
etc.
adj.;
talk glibly,
pour forth,
patter;
prate,
palaver,
prose,
chatter,
prattle,
clack,
jabber,
jaw;
blather,
blatter†,
blether†;
rattle,
rattle on;
twaddle,
twattle;
babble,
gabble;
outtalk;
talk oneself out of breath,
talk oneself hoarse;
expatiate
etc.
(speak at length)
573;
gossip
etc.
(converse)
588;
din in the ears
etc.
(repeat)
104;
talk at random,
talk nonsense
etc.
497;
be hoarse with talking.
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Dutch: ratelen, fantaseren
5 chatter
Make noise as if chattering away.
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