To chatter is to talk lightly or casually to shoot the breeze or chitchat. You might chatter with your workmates about the weather or where you'll eat lunch.
To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
Noun
noisy talk
Noun
the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
Noun
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
Verb
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Verb
make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were chattering in the trees"
Verb
talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
Verb
cut unevenly with a chattering tool
Verb
click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth"
v. i.
To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but
are inarticulate and indistinct.
v. i.
To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to
jabber; to prate.
v. i.
To make a noise by rapid collisions.
v. t.
To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly.
n.
Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid,
thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle.
n.
Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.
Chatter
The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters.2.
To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue.3.
With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.
Chatter
Begin his witless note apace to chatter.
Chatter
Your words are but idle and empty chatter.2.
To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly.
Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle.
Usage Examples
And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.
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Other Usage ExamplesRemember in 1973 the same science chatter said that the coming Ice Age is going to occur, we're going to lose millions of people. And the politicians knew how to solve it, they just didn't have the courage to solve it they were going to put coal dust on the Arctic.
To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.
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