chatter
IPA: tʃˈætɝ
noun
- Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
- The sound of talking.
- The vocalisations of a Eurasian magpie, Pica pica.
- The vocalisations of various birds or other animals.
- An intermittent noise, as from vibration.
- (uncountable) In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
- (uncountable) The situation where a drill or similar tool vibrates and tears the material rather than cutting it cleanly.
- One who chats.
- (Internet) A user of chat rooms.
verb
- (intransitive) To talk idly.
- (intransitive, of teeth, machinery, etc.) To make a noise by rapid collisions.
- To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
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Examples of "chatter" in Sentences
- The sound of chatter filled the room as people caught up with each other
- I could hear the chatter of birds outside my window in the morning
- The constant chatter of voices in the crowded restaurant made it hard to concentrate
- The children's excited chatter could be heard from across the playground
- The chatter of the typewriter filled the office as the secretary typed away
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