Meaning

11 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.

    Geplapper, Gequatsche, Geschnatter

    болтовня́boltovnjá, трёпtrjop

    noisy talk

  2. (uncountable, usually)The sound of talking.

  3. (uncountable, usually)The vocalisations of a Eurasian magpie, Pica pica.

  4. (uncountable, usually)The vocalisations of various birds or other animals.

    the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)

  5. (uncountable, usually)An intermittent noise, as from vibration.

    Proper brake adjustment will help to reduce the chatter.

  6. (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.

  7. (uncountable, usually)The situation where a drill or similar tool vibrates and tears the material rather than cutting it cleanly.

  8. (collective, countable, usually)A group of songbirds.

  9. One who chats.

  10. (Internet)A user of livestream chat.

  11. (Internet)A user of chat rooms.

Examples

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  1. Tom was shivering, and his teeth were chattering.

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  2. Tom's teeth were chattering.

    ruУ Тома стучали зубы.

    deTom klapperten die Zähne.

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  3. You chatter too much.

    Забагато базікаєш.

    ruСлишком много болтаешь.

    deDu schwätzt zu viel.

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  4. Stop chattering and finish your work.

    ruКончай болтать и заканчивай работу.

    deHör auf zu quasseln und führe deine Arbeit zu Ende!

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  5. I'm fed up with her chatter.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk:

Origin

From Middle English chateren, from earlier cheteren, chiteren (“to twitter, chatter, jabbe

From 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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