English verb: natter | |||
| 1. | natter (communication) talk socially without exchanging too much information | ||
| Samples | The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze. | ||
| Synonyms | chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, shoot the breeze, visit | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | converse, discourse | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze | ||