chatter

chatter
Synonyms and related words:
accents, babble, babblement, bavardage, be cold, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blah-blah, blather, blether, blethers, bob, bobble, bounce, brattle, bull, bump, cackle, call, caquet, caqueterie, carol, caw, chaffer, chat, chattering, cheep, chill, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitchat, chitter, chitter-chatter, chuck, clack, clacket, clatter, clatter about, clitter, clitterclatter, cluck, clunter, cock-a-doodle-doo, comment, conversation, converse, coo, croak, cronk, crow, cuckoo, declaim, didder, discourse, dither, drag out, draw out, drum, elocution, extend, falter, fill out, freeze, freeze to death, gab, gabble, gaggle, gas, gibber, gibble-gabble, go on, gobble, gossip, grow cold, guff, guggle, gush, have a chill, have an ague, have goose pimples, haver, honk, hoo, hoot, horripilate, hot air, hustle, idle talk, jabber, jabbering, jactitate, jar, jaw, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, jounce, jump, language, lose heat, mere talk, mouth, natter, never finish, nonsense talk, oral communication, pad, palaver, parole, patter, peep, perish with cold, perorate, pip, pipe, pour forth, prate, prating, prattle, prittle-prattle, protract, quack, quake, quaver, quiver, racket, ramble on, rapping, rattle, rattle around, rattle on, rattletybang, rattling, reel off, roll, ruckle, run on, run out, scold, shake, shiver, shock, shudder, sing, small talk, speak, speak at length, speaking, speech, spin out, spout, spout off, squawk, stretch out, string out, stultiloquence, talk, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee, talking, tittle-tattle, tremble, trill, twaddle, twattle, tweet, twit, twitter, vibrate, waffle, wag the tongue, warble, whistle, wobble, words, yak, yakkety-yak, yakking, yammer

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  • Chatter — may refer to: Chatter (machining) or machining vibrations Contact bounce or chatter, a common problem with mechanical switches and relays Chatter (terrorist), the volume of communication to or from suspected terrorists Project CHATTER (1947–53),… …   Wikipedia

  • Chatter — Chat ter, n. 1. Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle. [1913 Webster] Your words are but idle and empty chatter. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] 2. Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chatter — Chat ter, v. t. To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly. [1913 Webster] Begin his witless note apace to chatter. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • chatter — CHATTER, v. n. qui ne se dit que d Une chatte qui fait ses petits. Une chatte qui est prête à chatter. Elle a chatté cette nuit …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • chatter — [n] constant or rapid talk babble, blather, chat, chitchat, gas*, gossip, jabber*, palaver, prattle*, twaddle, yakking*; concepts 266,278 Ant. drawl chatter [v] speak fast and non stop babble, blab*, blather, cackle, chat, chitchat, clack, gab*,… …   New thesaurus

  • chatter — [chat′ər] vi. [ME chateren: orig. echoic] 1. to make short, indistinct sounds in rapid succession [birds and squirrels chatter] 2. to talk fast, incessantly, and foolishly 3. to click together rapidly, as the teeth do when the lower jaw trembles… …   English World dictionary

  • Chatter — Chat ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chattering}.] [Of imitative origin. Cf. {Chat}, v. i. {Chitter}.] 1. To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. [1913 Webster] The jaw makes… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chatter — Chatter. См. Вибрация. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • chatter — index bombast, prattle Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • chatter — (v.) early 13c., chateren to twitter, gossip, earlier cheateren, chiteren, of echoic origin. Cf. Du. koeteren jabber, Dan. kvidre twitter, chirp. Related: Chattered; chattering. Phrase chattering class in use by 1893, with a reference perhaps… …   Etymology dictionary

  • chatter — vb *chat, gab, patter, prate, babble, gabble, jabber, gibber Analogous words: see those at CHAT …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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