26984 words

chatter

9 definitions • 10 examples
1
to talk for a long time about things that are not important:

Examples:

She spent the morning chattering away to her friends.
He chattered happily about nothing in particular.
2
If animals chatter, they make quick, repeated noises:

Examples:

The gun shot made the monkeys chatter in alarm.
3
If your teeth chatter, they knock together repeatedly because you are very cold or frightened:

Examples:

I could hardly talk, my teeth were chattering so much.
4
conversation about things that are not important:

Examples:

I can't concentrate with Ann's constant chatter.
5
the quick, repeated noises that some animals make:

Examples:

He could hear the chatter of birds in the trees overhead.
6
communication between people over the internet:

Examples:

Experts monitor internet chatter for the government.
7
to talk continuously and usually for no serious purpose:

Examples:

The boys and girls kept chattering during the movie.
8
If your teeth chatter, you are so cold or frightened that you can’t stop your upper and lower teeth from hitting against each other.
9
An animal or a machine that chatters makes a sound like fast, continuous talking:

Examples:

Birds chattered in the trees.
The printer was chattering away on the desk.

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