CHATTER
Scrabble letter values: C3H4A1T1T1E1R1 = 12
Definition
- noun noisy talk. — synonyms: yak, yack, yakety-yak, cackle
- noun the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine. — synonyms: chattering
- noun the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys). — synonyms: chattering
- verb click repeatedly or uncontrollably. — synonyms: click
- verb cut unevenly with a chattering tool.
- verb talk socially without exchanging too much information. — synonyms: chew_the_fat, shoot_the_breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chaffer
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. — synonyms: piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle
- verb make noise as if chattering away.
Examples
- “Chattering teeth”
- “the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze”
- “The magpies were chattering in the trees”