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/tʃˈætər/ Listen

noun

Chatter n.

Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle. "Your words are but idle and empty chatter."

Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.

verb

Chatter v. t. To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly. "Begin his witless note apace to chatter."

Chatter v. i. (past & past part. chattered; pres. part. chattering)

To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. "The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters."

To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate. "To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue."

To make a noise by rapid collisions. "With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright."

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Etymology of 'Chatter'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chatter" Quotes from Famous Books

... a year and more. Nothing was changed. Across the room the same mirrors repeated the reflections he had observed so many times before. Nearby were the same booths and from within them came the same laughter and chatter and suppressed song. Opposite the tiny table the same man with the broad, good-natured face was making critical, smiling observation, as of yore. As ever, the look recalled ...

— A Breath of Prairie and other stories • Will Lillibridge

... azaleas and rare palms. Here he sat for a while among the red and white blossoms, listening to the incessant hum of voices, and wondering what enjoyment human beings could find in thus herding together en masse, and chattering all at once as though life depended on chatter, when the rustling of a woman's dress disturbed his brief solitude. He rose directly, as he saw ...

— Ardath - The Story of a Dead Self • Marie Corelli

... children, twins, a boy and a girl: "When they were three or four years old they were accustomed, as their elder sister informs me, to talk together in a language which no one else understood.... The twins were wont to climb into their father's carriage in the stable, and 'chatter away,' as my informant says, for hours in this strange language. Their sister remembers that it sounded as though the words were quite short. But the single word which survives in the family recollection is a dissyllable, ...

— The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought • Alexander F. Chamberlain

... water fell in by accident. He swam rapidly to a floating board, shook himself, sat up with his tail raised along his back, and began to dry himself. After a little he saw that the slight breeze was setting him farther from shore. He began to chatter excitedly, and changed his position two or three times, evidently trying to catch the wind right. Finding that it was of no use, he plunged in again ...

— Secret of the Woods • William J. Long

... let the boys in, Madame Michaud?" she said, changing the subject. "I think their chatter would do me good, my brain seems ...

— A Girl of the Commune • George Alfred Henty

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