chatter
phonetic symbol: / tʃǽtɚ /
chatter - English Dictionary
[ noun ]
■ noisy talk
→
cackle
,
yack
,
yak
,
yakety-yak
[ noun ]
■ the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
→
chattering
[ noun ]
■ the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
→
chattering
[ verb ]
■ speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
→
blab
,
blabber
,
clack
,
gabble
,
gibber
,
maunder
,
palaver
,
piffle
,
prate
,
prattle
,
tattle
,
tittle-tattle
,
twaddle
[ verb ]
■ make noise as if chattering away
e.g.)
・The magpies were chattering in the trees
[ verb ]
■ talk socially without exchanging too much information
→
chaffer
,
chat
,
chew the fat
,
chit-chat
,
chitchat
,
claver
,
confab
,
confabulate
,
gossip
,
jaw
,
natter
,
shoot the breeze
,
visit
[ verb ]
■ cut unevenly with a chattering tool
[ verb ]
■ click repeatedly or uncontrollably
e.g.)
・Chattering teeth
→
click
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