chatters

9 definitions • 10 examples

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.

conversation about things that are not important:

I can't concentrate with Ann's constant chatter.

the quick, repeated noises that some animals make:

He could hear the chatter of birds in the trees overhead.

communication between people over the internet:

Experts monitor internet chatter for the government.

to talk continuously and usually for no serious purpose:

The boys and girls kept chattering during the movie.

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.

An animal or a machine that chatters makes a sound like fast, continuous talking:

Birds chattered in the trees.

The printer was chattering away on the desk.