chatter
Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talkTalk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
» Tom was shivering, and his teeth were chattering.
Meaning
11 senses(uncountable, usually)Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
Geplapper, Gequatsche, Geschnatter
болтовня́boltovnjá, трёпtrjop
noisy talk
(uncountable, usually)The sound of talking.
(uncountable, usually)The vocalisations of a Eurasian magpie, Pica pica.
(uncountable, usually)The vocalisations of various birds or other animals.
the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
(uncountable, usually)An intermittent noise, as from vibration.
Proper brake adjustment will help to reduce the chatter.
(uncountable, usually)In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
The NSA is concerned about increased chatter between known terror groups.
(uncountable, usually)The situation where a drill or similar tool vibrates and tears the material rather than cutting it cleanly.
(collective, countable, usually)A group of songbirds.
One who chats.
(Internet)A user of livestream chat.
(Internet)A user of chat rooms.
Examples
57 sentencesTom was shivering, and his teeth were chattering.
Tom's teeth were chattering.
ruУ Тома стучали зубы.
deTom klapperten die Zähne.
You chatter too much.
Забагато базікаєш.
ruСлишком много болтаешь.
deDu schwätzt zu viel.
Stop chattering and finish your work.
ruКончай болтать и заканчивай работу.
deHör auf zu quasseln und führe deine Arbeit zu Ende!
I'm fed up with her chatter.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English chateren, from earlier cheteren, chiteren (“to twitter, chatter, jabbeFrom Middle English chateren, from earlier cheteren, chiteren (“to twitter, chatter, jabber”), of imitative origin. Compare Saterland Frisian tjoaterje (“to chatter”), West Frisian tsjotterje (“to chatter”), Dutch schateren, schetteren (“chatter”), Dutch koeteren (“jabber”), Middle Low German kidderen (“to chatter”), German Low German queteln (“to chatter”), dialectal German kaudern (“to gobble (like a turkey)”), Danish kvidre (“to twitter, chirp”).
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Forms
plural: chattersSynonyms
35 synonyms- the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys):chattering
- the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine:chattering
- noisy talk:yakyackyakety-yakcackle
Word family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable