chattering

Meanings

Plural: chatterings

Noun

• the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
• the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
• A noise that chatters.
• Output fluctuation before reaching a stable condition.

Verb

• click repeatedly or uncontrollably
  • "Chattering teeth"
• cut unevenly with a chattering tool
• talk socially without exchanging too much information
• speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
• make noise as if chattering away
  • "The magpies were chattering in the trees"
• present participle and gerund of chatter

Adj

• That chatters

Synonyms

blab, blabber, chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, clack, claver, click, confab, confabulate, gabble, gibber, gossip, jaw, maunder, natter, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, shoot the breeze, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, visit

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