chatter
verb
[ ˈtʃatə ]
• talk informally about unimportant matters.
• "she was chattering about her holiday"
Similar:
chat,
talk,
gossip,
chitter-chatter,
speak,
converse,
have a conversation,
engage in conversation,
tittle-tattle,
prattle,
jabber,
jibber-jabber,
babble,
prate,
go on,
run on,
communicate,
talk nineteen to the dozen,
slabber,
gas,
have a confab,
jaw,
chew the rag,
chew the fat,
yap,
yak,
yackety-yak,
yabber,
gabber,
yatter,
yammer,
natter,
witter,
rabbit,
chunter,
waffle,
have a chinwag,
chinwag,
shoot the breeze,
visit,
mag,
confabulate,
twaddle,
twattle,
clack,
claver,
chatter
noun
• informal talk.
• "he was full of inconsequential but amusing chatter"
Similar:
chat,
talk,
gossip,
chit-chat,
chitter-chatter,
patter,
jabbering,
jabber,
prattling,
prattle,
babbling,
babble,
tittle-tattle,
tattle,
blathering,
blather,
blethering,
blether,
rambling,
gibbering,
conversation,
dialogue,
discourse,
gab,
gabber,
yak,
yackety-yak,
yabbering,
yammering,
yattering,
yapping,
jawing,
chewing the fat,
chewing the rag,
confab,
chinwagging,
nattering,
wittering,
waffling,
waffle,
chuntering,
rabbiting on,
confabulation,
clack,
claver,
twaddle,
twattle,
colloquy,
• a series of short, quick high-pitched sounds.
• "the starlings' constant chatter"
Origin:
Middle English: imitative.
