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chat·ter
 chatter
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- pronunciation:
- chae
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- 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, aimless speech.
His grandmother doesn't understand his chatter about video games.- 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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