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chat·ter
 chatter
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- pronunciation:
- chae
t
r
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
inflections: |
chatters, chattering, chattered |
definition 1: |
to speak rapidly and without important content; jabber.
She chattered on and on about the shoe sale at the mall.- synonyms:
- babble, blather, clack, gibber, jabber, maunder, prattle, rattle
- similar words:
- blabber, chipper, gabble, patter, prate
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definition 2: |
to make a rapid succession of speechlike sounds.
The birds and squirrels chattered all morning.- synonyms:
- jabber
- similar words:
- cackle, chirp, chirrup, clack, cluck, gabble
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definition 3: |
to make a rapid succession of clicking sounds by rapping together or vibrating.
The child's teeth chattered with cold.The machinist's drill chattered on the metal.- synonyms:
- rattle
- similar words:
- clank, clatter, click, knock, rap
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related words: |
cheep, gab, jabber, peep, talk, yap |
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
definition: |
to utter rapidly and aimlessly.
- synonyms:
- blather, jabber, prattle
- similar words:
- babble, prate
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
rapid or excited speech that is incomprehensible or whose meaning is irrelevant to the listener.
His grandmother doesn't understand his chatter about video games.He'd agreed to his daughter's slumber party, but it was midnight and he could still hear the little girls' chatter from the bedroom.The party had begun and the room was filled with chatter.- synonyms:
- babble, blather, patter, prattle
- similar words:
- gab, gibber, gossip, jabber, twaddle
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definition 2: |
a rapid succession of speechlike sounds, as of certain birds and animals.
- synonyms:
- jabber, jabbering
- similar words:
- cackle, cackling, chirping, chirruping, clacking, clucking, wind
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definition 3: |
a rapid succession of clicking sounds.
- similar words:
- clanking, clatter, clicking, rattle, rattling
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related words: |
abracadabra, peep, word, yap |
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derivations: |
chattery (adj.), chatteringly (adv.) |
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