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chat·ter

chatter

 
pronunciation:
chae tr
parts of speech:
intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
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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
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
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
 
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
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
definition 3: a rapid succession of clicking sounds.
similar words:
clanking, clatter, clicking, rattle, rattling
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derivations: chattery (adj.), chatteringly (adv.)
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