chattering

4 definitions • 4 examples

present participle of

to talk for a long time about things that are not important:

She spent the morning chattering away to her friends.

He chattered happily about nothing in particular.

If animals chatter, they make quick, repeated noises:

The gun shot made the monkeys chatter in alarm.

If your teeth chatter, they knock together repeatedly because you are very cold or frightened:

I could hardly talk, my teeth were chattering so much.