chatter
noun
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L317947 on Wikidata ↗verb
- make rapid talking noises
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtʃætə/ / /ˈt͡ʃætɚ/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English chatterder. English chat Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English chatter From chat + -er.
- One who chats.
- A user of livestream chat.
- A user of chat rooms.
“During the chat sessions, two outreach team members would engage in a conversation about the topic chosen for that event in the main chat room and entice other chatters to join in.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der. Middle English chateren English chatter 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”).
- To talk idly.
“They knitted and chattered the whole time.”
“That teacheth trickes eleuen and twentie long, / To tame a ſhrew, and charme her chattering tongue.”
- 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.”
- To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
“The jay makes answer, as the magpie chatters with delight.”
“Is your cat intently staring out the window at a bird on a branch and “chattering” in a kind of shaky, high-pitched, breathy way? If so, she is expressing excitement at what she's observing (or maybe the desire to attack what she sees as prey).”