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English noun: chatter | |||
| 1. | chatter (communication) noisy talk | ||
| Synonyms | cackle, yack, yak, yakety-yak | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | talk, talking | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blether, chin music, idle talk, prate, prattle | ||
| 2. | chatter (event) the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine | ||
| Synonyms | chattering | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | noise | ||
| 3. | chatter (event) the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) | ||
| Synonyms | chattering | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | noise | ||
English verb: chatter | |||
| 1. | chatter (perception) click repeatedly or uncontrollably | ||
| Samples | Chattering teeth. | ||
| Synonyms | click | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, sound | ||
| 2. | chatter (contact) cut unevenly with a chattering tool | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cut | ||
| 3. | chatter (communication) talk socially without exchanging too much information | ||
| Samples | The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue chatter, Sam wants to chatter with Sue | ||
| Synonyms | chaffer, chat, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | converse, discourse | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze | ||
| 4. | chatter (communication) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue chatter | ||
| Synonyms | blab, blabber, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | babble, blather, blether, blither, smatter | ||
| 5. | chatter (communication) make noise as if chattering away | ||
| Samples | The magpies were chattering in the trees. | ||
| Examples | The birds chatter in the woods , The woods chatter with many kinds of birds | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize | ||
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