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chatter

/ chatter /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
Type of:
noise
noun Sense 2
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
Type of:
noise
verb Sense 3
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Type of:
talk speak utter
Kinds of:
babble blather smatter blether blither
Derived:
jabber jabbering gabble informer betrayer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 4
make noise as if chattering away
"The magpies were chattering in the trees"
Type of:
talk speak utter
Derived:
chattering chatterer babbler prater chatterbox
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 5
cut unevenly with a chattering tool
Type of:
cut
Derived:
chattering
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 6
click repeatedly or uncontrollably
"Chattering teeth"
Type of:
sound go
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
noun Sense 7
noisy talk
Type of:
talk talking
Kinds of:
prate prattle idle talk blether chin music
Derived:
cackle chew the fat shoot the breeze chat confabulate
verb Sense 8
talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
Type of:
converse discourse
Kinds of:
shmooze shmoose schmooze schmoose jawbone
Derived:
visitor visitant chitchat small talk gab
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
74%
Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
51
Times Searched
20
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noise talk speak utter babble blather smatter blether blither cut sound go