Definition of 'chatter'

Noun

1. noisy talk
      Synonyms: yak yack yakety-yak cackle
2. the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
      Synonyms: chattering
3. the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
      Synonyms: chattering

Verb

1. click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth"
      Synonyms: click
2. cut unevenly with a chattering tool
3. talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
      Synonyms: chew the fat shoot the breeze chat confabulate confab chitchat chaffer natter gossip jaw claver visit
4. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
      Synonyms: piffle palaver prate tittle-tattle twaddle clack maunder prattle blab gibber tattle blabber gabble
5. make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were chattering in the trees"

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