verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

chatter

chatter · chatters · chattered · chattering

балакати

болтать, стучать зубами, трепаться

plaudern, labern, plappern, schwatzen

To talk idlyTo talk idly.

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UK/ˈtʃætə/US/ˈt͡ʃætɚ/

» Tom was shivering, and his teeth were chattering.

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Meaning

3 senses

(intransitive)To talk idly.
They knitted and chattered the whole time.
labern, plaudern, plappern
болта́тьboltátʹ, трепа́тьсяtrepátʹsja
(intransitive, usually)To make a noise by rapid collisions.
He was so cold that his teeth were chattering.
The software in modern machine tools can often predict and prevent movements that would cause the cutting tool to chatter.
klappern
стуча́ть зуба́миstučátʹ zubámi
make noise as if chattering away
To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
kauderwelschen, kaudern

Examples

57 sentences

Tom was shivering, and his teeth were chattering.
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Tom's teeth were chattering.
ruУ Тома стучали зубы. — marafon
deTom klapperten die Zähne. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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You chatter too much.
Забагато базікаєш. — DeSha
ruСлишком много болтаешь. — DeSha
deDu schwätzt zu viel. — Dejo
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Stop chattering and finish your work.
ruКончай болтать и заканчивай работу. — marafon
deHör auf zu quasseln und führe deine Arbeit zu Ende! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I'm fed up with her chatter.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

talk idly:

make a chattering noise:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

talk idly:

make a chattering noise:

to utter sounds that are largely inarticulate:

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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