Crossword clues for chattering
chattering
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chatter \Chat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Chattering.] [Of imitative origin. Cf. Chat, v. i. Chitter.]
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To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters.
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To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate.
To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue.
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To make a noise by rapid collisions.
With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.
--Dryden.
Chattering \Chat"ter*ing\, n. The act or habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of making inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the teeth; chatter.
Wiktionary
n. A noise that chatters. vb. (present participle of chatter English)
WordNet
Usage examples of "chattering".
Triv went prospecting in an area where the radiation counter had begun chattering at the end of the previous day's swing.
They'd been acting like ephemerals, in the past few days, whizzing from place to place, digging up cores, and, unusual for Thek, chattering with humans.
As they came up the lift, both the young "men" were chattering away at high speed, with Alex in the middle, nodding sagely from time to time and clearly not catching more than half of what they said.
Caleb was hanging between two spring-resistors in the gym, the display screens in the central cabin were dancing with their elegant geometric screensaver patterns, the stars outside burned with their distant fire, Vega 4 was a ruddy glow before her, someone was chattering between Vega 4.
Chaumel paused briefly in his chattering to beam at Keff's evident perspicacity and pointed out another stomach-twister.
Occasionally Duomi flicked a look at the monitors chattering out their hard copy.
Then she slipped around to an Asian gaggle who were chattering excitedly about cures and whether the RE would be bad for business.
Their 'Dims were chattering excitedly about actually getting to Clarf, the Mrdini homeworld.
An immensely plump woman, with a most luxurious growth of hair spilling down to her knees, greeted Keralaw with delight, chattering about the quantity and quality of the baskets and plates, and then fell silent, cocking her head inquiringly at Killashandra.
The cat pawed the door, and Bunny smiled and followed, chattering to the cat.
He knew his teeth were chattering with the cold and could see through the driving rain that she had her jaw clamped shut, lips pulled back, giving the appearance of snarling into the storm.
He could hear teeth chattering, and realized that they were both doing it.
He left his partner chattering to thin air and courteously extended his arm to the Lady Gemma to support her down the steps and to the table.
Jaxom said through chattering teeth as they broke out of between into the hot midmorning sun of Telgar over the Mastersmithcrafthall.
Ruth let out a squeal and went between, emerging over the lake and chattering at his would-be attackers at the top of his voice.