chatter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chatter	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for chatter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chatter n noisy talk [syn: yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle] the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine Synonym(s): chatter, chattering the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) Synonym(s): chatter, chattering v click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth" Synonym(s): chatter, click cut unevenly with a chattering tool talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" Synonym(s): chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly Synonym(s): chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were chattering in the trees"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters. --Wordsworth. 2. To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate. To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue. --Shak. 3. To make a noise by rapid collisions. With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chatter \Chat"ter\, v. t. To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly. Begin his witless note apace to chatter. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chatter \Chat"ter\, n. 1. Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle. Your words are but idle and empty chatter. --Longfellow. 2. Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.