Chatter

Noun

 * 1) talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk
 * 2) the sound of talking
 * 3) the sound made by a magpie
 * 4) an intermittent noise, as from vibration
 * 5) in national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
 * 6)  one who chats
 * 7)   a user of chat rooms

Verb

 * 1)  To talk idly.
 * 2)  Of teeth, machinery, etc, to make a chattering noise.

Adjectives for Chatter
informal; short; comfortable; lively; neighborly; slipshod; unexpected; vivacious; social; friendly; loquacious; backstairs; mere; idle; egotistical; joyous; competent; frivolous; merry; subdued;  precocious;  incessant; jovial; aimless; absurd; nervous; irresponsible; rattle-brained; garrulous; careless; constant; superficial; indignant; inconsequential; unfailing; bootless; rapid; mirthless; empty; convulsive; frothy; furious; confidential; pleasant;

Adverbs for Chatter
exuberantly; Incessantly; complacently; volubiy; monotonously; blithely; woefully; excitedly; affably; obstreperously; vivaciously; querulously; unrestrainedly; perplexingly.

Synonyms

 * chattering, chatting, nattering
 * chat, natter
 * clatter, knock, pink (said of an engine)

Thesaurus
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, 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,

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"tS{t@/}}
 * ,, {{SAMPA|/"tS{t@`/}}

Etymology

 * 1) From  chateren:, of imitative origin.

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian: дърдорене
 * Danish: plapre, sludre,
 * Dutch:
 * French:


 * German: Geplapper, Gequatsche, Geschnatter, Gequake
 * Portuguese: falatório
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish: çene çalmak, gevezelik


 * Dutch: geroezemoes


 * Portuguese:


 * Danish: skræppe
 * Dutch: gekwetter


 * French: jacassement


 * Bulgarian: дрънчене, вибрация
 * Danish:, klapre


 * Portuguese:

Verb

 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian: бъбря, дърдоря
 * Dutch:, kwebbelen
 * Finnish: jutella, rupatella, lörpötellä, turista
 * French: ,


 * Hungarian:, ,  cseverészik
 * Latin:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Telugu: వాగు (vaagu)


 * Bulgarian: дрънча
 * Hungarian:


 * Russian: стучать зубами
 * Scottish Gaelic: snagadaich

Anagrams

 * ratchet