CHATTER
/ˈtʃætə/ ► audio Scrabble 12 Words With Friends 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
- “Proper brake adjustment will help to reduce the chatter.”
- “They knitted and chattered the whole time.”
- “He was so cold that his teeth were chattering.”
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