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chatter
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 13c., chateren "to twitter, gossip," earlier cheateren, chiteren , of echoic origin. Compare Dutch koeteren "jabber," Danish kvidre "twitter, chirp." Related: Chattered ; chattering . Phrase chattering class in use by 1893, with a reference perhaps ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk 2 the sound of talking 3 the sound made by a magpie 4 an intermittent noise, as from vibration 5 in national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. noisy talk [syn: yak , yack , yakety-yak , cackle ] the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine [syn: chattering ] the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) [syn: chattering ] v. click repeatedly or uncontrollably; ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES idle chatter/talk/gossip etc sb's teeth chatter (= hit together quickly because someone is cold or afraid ) ▪ My teeth began to chatter, and I regretted leaving my jacket behind. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chatter \Chat"ter\, n. Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle. Your words are but idle and empty chatter. --Longfellow. Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.
Usage examples of chatter.
Even there, amid the chatter and laughter of those light-hearted tourists, the shadow of Hassan of Aleppo was falling upon me.
Cerys chattered away about life at the school and Alyce mostly just listened, though it did give her a somewhat better idea what to expect.
At breakfast, Amri, happily chattering, mentioned that Zed was not in the house.
The air was still, except for the rippling sound of the water, the distant chatter of the women, the snores of the Angakok, and the buzzing of mosquitoes!
Amorites, Aramaeans, Elamites, Kassites, Lulubaeans, and Hittites move among the crowds chattering in little groups.
And when the plants chattered among themselves, Attalea was always silent, thinking longingly how good it would be to stand under that sky, pallid and sickly though it was.
His hands shook as he punched in an autodial number on his cell phone, and it was only by clenching his teeth together that he kept them from chattering.
We drifted back out of the maze via another route, keeping up the chatter as cover.
Another door and I was in the backstage area, fighting my way through a pack of sweating, chattering chorus girls.
He was mesmerized by the chatter between aircraft as Backstop One and Two rendezvoused with Icewall.
A groom led the ponies and the two nursemaids formed a chattering rear guard The road Richard chose sloped gently down towards the river, levelling out where the Balmoral bank sloped steeply down to the waterside.
The heavy rhythm of drums and berimbau coming from the direction of the river fused with the chattering wildlife in the trees.
Squirrels chattered an alarm, a pair of bobwhites exploded into flight at my feet, and, from further up the ridge, a dog greeted me with sharp, welcoming barks.
The bonesetter chattered cheerfully at me, and I did not realize what she was about until she took my left arm and wrenched it sharply round.
All the driver boys on that level gathered at the head of the plane to eat their dinners, and, during the noon-hour, the place was alive with shouts and songs and pranks and chattering without limit.