Definitions of chatter [ˈtʃæt ər]

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Definition of 'chatter'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) chatter
to talk rapidly, continuously, and often purposelessly; jabber.

2.  chatter
to utter rapid, inarticulate speechlike sounds, as a monkey or bird.

3.  chatter
to make a rapid clicking noise by striking together:
teeth chattering from the cold.

4.  chatter
(of a cutting tool or piece of metal) to vibrate during cutting.

5. (v.t.) chatter
to utter rapidly or inconsequentially.

6. (n.) chatter
rapid and often purposeless talk.

7.  chatter
the act or sound of chattering.

Etymology: (1200–50; ME

Definition of 'chatter'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle
noisy talk

2. (noun) chatter, chattering
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine

3. (verb) chatter, chattering
the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)

4. (verb) chatter, click
click repeatedly or uncontrollably
"Chattering teeth"

5. (verb) chatter
cut unevenly with a chattering tool

6. (verb) chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

7. (verb) chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

8. (verb) chatter
make noise as if chattering away
"The magpies were chattering in the trees"

Definition of 'chatter'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) chatter
(of teeth) to knock together repeatedly
teeth chattering with cold

Definition of 'chatter'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) chatter
sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle

2. (noun) chatter
noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering

3. (verb) chatter
to utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct

4. (verb) chatter
to talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate

5. (verb) chatter
to make a noise by rapid collisions

6. (verb) chatter
to utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly

Translation of 'chatter'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to talk quickly and noisily about unimportant things The children chattered among themselves.
Afrikaans: klets	Arabic: يُثَرْثِر بِصَوْتٍ عالٍ	Bulgarian: дърдоря
Brazilian: tagarelar	Czech: brebentit,štěbetat	German: schwatzen
Danish: knævre løs	Greek: φλυαρώ για πράγματα ασήμα	Spanish: chacharear, parlotear
Estonian: vadistama	Farsi: تند و پی در پی سخن گفتن	Finnish: jaaritella
French: jacasser	Hebrew: לְפַטפֵּט	Hindi: बकबक करना
Croatian: brbljati	Hungarian: fecseg	Indonesian: mengoceh
Icelandic: þvaðra, masa	Italian: ciarlare	Japanese: ぺちゃぺちゃしゃべる
Korean: 재잘거리다	Lithuanian: taukšti	Latvian: pļāpāt
Malay: berceloteh	Dutch: babbelen	Norwegian: skravle, plapre, snakke i
Polish: trajkotać	Persian: تند و پی در پی سخن گفتن	Pashto: خبرې، هغه خبرې چه بى فكره
Portuguese: tagarelar	Romanian: a flecări	Russian: болтать
Slovak: rapotať, trkotať, brblať	Slovenian: klepetati, brbljati	Serbian: čavrljati
Swedish: pladdra, prata	Thai: พูดพล่าม	Turkish: gürültüyle konuşmak
Taiwanese: 喋喋不休，嘮嘮叨叨	Ukrainian: щебетати, цокотіти	Urdu: فضول موضوعات پر تہز تیز ب
Vietnamese: nói huyên thuyên	Chinese: 喋喋不休，唠唠叨叨
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