Meaning

4 senses
  1. (informal)Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.

    geschwätzig, gesprächig, redselig

    болтли́выйboltlívyj

  2. (informal)Of a text or speech, expressed in a conversational style.

    locker erzählt

  3. Supplying more information than necessary; verbose.

    Chatty error messages may help attackers to compromise your server.

  4. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, dated, dialectal)Infested with lice; or, (figuratively) dirty, worn or of poor quality; lousy.

More definitions
  • prone to friendly informal communication
  • full of trivial conversation

Examples

19 sentences
  1. Tom can be a little chatty.

    Том може бути трохи балакучим.

    deTom ist bisweilen etwas mitteilsam.

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  2. Tom is very chatty.

    ruТом очень болтливый.

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  3. I'm not very chatty, usually.

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  4. Tom is quite chatty.

    Том досить балакучий.

    deTom ist ziemlich gesprächig.

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  5. Tom is chatty.

    Том балакучий.

    ruТом болтлив.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
chatting a lot or fond of chatting:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
chatting a lot or fond of chatting:
expressed in a conversational style:

Forms

chattier, chattiest
Comparativechattier Lesson
Superlativechattiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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