natter
verb
[ ˈnatə ]
• talk casually, especially on unimportant matters; chat.
• "they nattered away for hours"
Similar:
chat,
talk idly,
chatter,
prattle,
prate,
go on,
run on,
rattle on/away,
gossip,
tittle-tattle,
tattle,
ramble,
gabble,
jabber,
babble,
blather,
blether,
blither,
twitter,
maunder,
drivel,
patter,
yap,
jibber-jabber,
cackle,
talk nineteen to the dozen,
slabber,
chit-chat,
jaw,
gas,
gab,
yak,
yackety-yak,
yabber,
yatter,
yammer,
chew the fat,
chew the rag,
shoot one's mouth off,
blabber,
witter,
rabbit,
chunter,
waffle,
talk the hind leg off a donkey,
run off at the mouth,
shoot the breeze,
visit,
mag,
twaddle,
clack,
twattle,
claver,
natter
noun
• a casual and leisurely conversation.
• "I could do with a drink and a natter"
Origin:
early 19th century (in the dialect sense ‘grumble, fret’): imitative.
