chatter

Chatter \Chat"ter\, v. t.
   To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly.
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         Begin his witless note apace to chatter. --Spenser.
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Chatter \Chat"ter\, n.
   1. Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid,
      thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle.
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            Your words are but idle and empty chatter.
                                                  --Longfellow.
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   2. Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.
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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.
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            The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters.
                                                  --Wordsworth.
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   2. To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to
      jabber; to prate.
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            To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue.
                                                  --Shak.
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   3. To make a noise by rapid collisions.
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            With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.
                                                  --Dryden.
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See also:
Chattered Chattering Chat Chitter 

chatter
     n 1: noisy talk [syn: yak, yack, yakety-yak, cackle]
     2: the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
        [syn: chattering]
     3: the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or
        monkeys) [syn: chattering]
     v 1: click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth" [syn:
           click]
     2: cut unevenly with a chattering tool
     3: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
        men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
        [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
         confab, chitchat, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw,
         claver, visit]
     4: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
        [syn: piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle,
         clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle,
         blabber, gabble]
     5: make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were
        chattering in the trees"
See also:
yak yack yakety-yak cackle chattering click 
chew the fat shoot the breeze chat confabulate confab 
chitchat chaffer natter gossip jaw 
claver visit piffle palaver prate 
tittle-tattle twaddle clack maunder prattle 
blab gibber tattle blabber gabble 

185 Moby Thesaurus words for "chatter":
   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