nattern.

Brit.

/ˈnatə/, U.S.

/ˈnædər/

Forms: 1800s– nyatter (Scottish), 1900s– natter.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: natter v.

Etymology: < natter v.

1. Scottish and English regional. Grumbling, nagging talk. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint

plainta1275

groinc1374

complaintc1385

murmura1393

grutchc1460

plainc1475

yammer?a1513

puling?1529

objecting1552

obmurmuration1571

regratea1586

repine1593

grumblinga1616

grumble1623

dissatisfactionc1640

obmurmuring1642

rumbling1842

natter1866

grouch1895

beef1900

holler1901

squawk1909

moan1911

yip1911

grouse1918

gripe1934

crib1943

bitch1945

drip1945

kvetch1957

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > action of complaining > petty or irritating

calleting1620

nagging1855

nag1866

natter1866

naggingness1898

noodging1960

1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 119 Nyatter, peevish chattering, grumbling.

1933 J. H. Smythe Blethers 54 Bit ailin' fouks' nyatter he tholed wi' gweed grace.

1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 74 Owd natterbag, a scolding woman.]

2. A chat, an informal talk. As a mass noun: chatter, aimless talk.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat

confabulationc1450

device1490

chat1573

tittle-tattle?c1640

small talk1650

confab1701

chit-chat1710

jaw1748

small-talking1786

prose1787

rap1787

coze1804

talky-talky1812

clack1813

chit-chatting1823

cozey1837

gossip1849

mardlea1852

yarn1857

conflab1873

chinwag1879

chopsing1879

cooze1880

chatting1884

schmoozing1884

talky-talk1884

pitch1888

schmooze1895

coosy1903

wongi1929

yap1930

kibitz1931

natter1943

old talk1956

jaw-jaw1958

yacking1959

ole talk1964

rapping1967

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun]

windc1290

trotevalea1300

follyc1300

jangle1340

jangleryc1374

tongue1382

fablec1384

clapa1420

babbling?c1430

clackc1440

pratinga1470

waste?a1475

clattera1500

trattle1513

babble?a1525

tattlea1529

tittle-tattlea1529

chatc1530

babblery1532

bibble-babble1532

slaverings1535

trittle-trattle1563

prate?1574

babblement1595

pribble-prabble1595

pribble1603

morologya1614

pibble-pabblea1616

sounda1616

spitter-spatter1619

argology1623

vaniloquence1623

vaniloquy1623

drivelling1637

jabberment1645

blateration1656

onology1670

whittie-whattiea1687

stultiloquence1721

claver1722

blether1786

havera1796

jaunder1796

havering1808

slaver1825

yatter1827

bugaboo1833

flapdoodle1834

bavardage1835

maunder1835

tattlement1837

slabber1840

gup1848

faddle1850

chatter1851

cock1851

drivel1852

maundering1853

drooling1854

windbaggery1859

blither1866

javer1869

mush1876

slobber1886

guff1888

squit1893

drool1900

macaroni1924

jive1928

natter1943

shtick1948

old talk1956

yack1958

yackety-yack1958

ole talk1964

Haigspeak1981

1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 47 Natter party, a Conference which leads nowhere.

1947 Forum (Johannesburg) 10 23/2 So it is that words like ‘interdenominisationalism’ and ‘polyphiloprogenitive’, with which we are wont to sprinkle our normal natter, sound like the mouthings of the village idiot.

1951 News Chron. 8 Nov. 6/1 From the swarm he singled out one bird... ‘That's Joey,..he usually comes for a natter when there's nothing else doing.’

1967 N. Freeling Strike Out 28 The natter of silly women.

1974 E. Lemarchand Buried in Past vi. 102 We wanted a natter with you... You can fill us in as nobody else can.

1999 BBC Good Food July 48/2 We settle down for an afternoon natter with friends.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

natterv.

Brit.

/ˈnatə/, U.S.

/ˈnædər/

Forms: 1800s– natter, 1800s– natther (English regional); Scottish 1800s– nyatter, 1900s– neatter, 1900s– netter, 1900s– njater (Shetland), 1900s– njatter (Shetland), 1900s– nyautter.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: gnatter v.

Etymology: Variant of gnatter v. Compare natter n.

a. intransitive. Scottish and English regional. To grumble, complain, nag (frequently with at); to fret. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]

murkeOE

misspeakOE

yomer971

chidea1000

murkenOE

grutch?c1225

mean?a1300

hum13..

plainta1325

gruntc1325

plainc1325

musea1382

murmurc1390

complain1393

contrary1393

flitec1400

pinea1425

grummec1430

aggrudge1440

hoinec1440

mutterc1450

grudge1461

channerc1480

grunch1487

repine1529

storm?1553

expostulate1561

grumblea1586

gruntle1591

chunter1599

swagger1599

maunder1622

orp1634

objurgate1642

pitter1672

yelp1706

yammer1794

natter1804

murgeon1808

groan1816

squawk1875

jower1879

grouse1887

beef1888

to whip the cat1892

holler1904

yip1907

peeve1912

grouch1916

nark1916

to sound off1918

create1919

moana1922

crib1925

tick1925

bitch1930

gripe1932

bind1942

drip1942

kvetchc1950

to rag on1979

wrinch2011

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > grumble

groina1400

grumble1608

natter1862

1804 W. Tarras Poems 18 My heart aft natters gaunt wi' spleen.

1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Natter, to scold, to speak in a querulous or peevish manner.

1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 372 Shoo'd ha' summat else to do nur to sit thear nattering awl't dāay long if shoo hed to scrat fer her bit o' living sāame as I hev.

1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 96 The missis does natter and werrit so, I nat'ly can't put up wi' it.

1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 5 Oor forbears an ther Southron neebers..war everly natterin an fechtin.

1946 J. B. Priestley Bright Day ix. 274 If you've got summat in you that wants to be let out an' goes on natterin' at you day an' night, then you let go of everything else an' get it out.

1950 W. Kemp Cornkisters 5 If there's naethin' on earth tae grunt aboot, he'll neatter at the meen.

b. intransitive. colloquial. To chatter; to chat aimlessly, idly, or at length. Also with away, on. (Now the usual sense.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter

chavel?c1225

babblea1250

chattera1250

clacka1250

janglea1300

ganglec1300

clapc1315

mumblec1350

blabberc1375

carp1377

tatterc1380

garre1382

rattlec1400

clatter1401

chimec1405

gabc1405

pattera1450

smattera1450

languetc1450

pratec1460

chat1483

jabber1499

clittera1529

cackle1530

prattle1532

blatter1533

blab1535

to run on pattens1546

tattle1547

prittle-prattlea1555

trattlea1555

tittle-tattle1556

quiddlea1566

brabble1570

clicket1570

twattle1573

gabble1574

prittle1583

to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597

to word it1612

deblaterate1623

tongue1624

twitter1630

snatter1647

oversay1656

whiffle1706

to gallop away1711

splutter1728

gob1770

gibble-gabble1775

palaver1781

to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785

gammon1789

witter1808

yabble1808

yaff1808

mag1810

chelp1820

tongue-pad1825

yatter1825

potter1826

chipper1829

jaw-jaw1831

buzz1832

to shoot off one's mouth1864

yawp1872

blate1878

chin1884

yap1888

spiel1894

to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895

to run off at the mouth1908

chattermag1909

clatfart1913

to talk a streak1915

to run one's mouth1916

natter1942

ear-bash1944

rabbit1950

yack1950

yacker1961

to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965

yacket1969

to twat on1996

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > talk idly [verb (intransitive)]

chattera1250

drivelc1390

clatter1401

chatc1440

smattera1450

pratec1460

blaver1461

babble?1504

blether1524

boblec1530

trattlea1555

tittle-tattle1556

fable1579

tinkle1638

whiffle1706

slaver1730

doitera1790

jaunder1808

haver1816

maunder1816

blather1825

yatter1825

blat1846

bibble-babble1888

flap-doodle1893

twiddle1893

spiel1894

rot1896

blither1903

to run off at the mouth1908

drool1923

twiddle-twaddle1925

crap1940

natter1942

yack1950

yacker1961

yacket1969

1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 64 Your C.O. tears you off a strip for nattering too much over the R/T.

1958 Sunday Times 26 Jan. 17/3 They..nattered away for an hour about nothing.

1983 J. Hennessy Torvill & Dean 72 You need somebody around,..but not somebody who'll go nattering on about skating.

1994 Amer. Spectator Sept. 41/2 He never stopped nattering, overwhelming us with statistics.

2. transitive. Scottish and English regional. To gnaw, nibble. Also intransitive with at. Also in extended use. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > nibble or gnaw

gnawa1000

bitec1250

nibblea1500

knabble1580

knepa1642

knuba1652

nab1653

chumble1821

natter1862

1862 ‘T. Treddlehoyle’ Bairnsla Foaks' Ann. 54 Coits wi' t'button hoyles nattered.

1888 J. Dalby Mayroyd III. 103 It would continually natter at David's heart.

1989 Trans. Yorks. Dial. Soc. 17 44 Ah mum ave a bitin-on afoor Ah goo ter bed fer t' worms ter natter at.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	natter
释义	nattern. Brit. /ˈnatə/, U.S. /ˈnædər/ Forms: 1800s– nyatter (Scottish), 1900s– natter. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: natter v. Etymology: < natter v. 1. Scottish and English regional. Grumbling, nagging talk. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint plainta1275 groinc1374 complaintc1385 murmura1393 grutchc1460 plainc1475 yammer?a1513 puling?1529 objecting1552 obmurmuration1571 regratea1586 repine1593 grumblinga1616 grumble1623 dissatisfactionc1640 obmurmuring1642 rumbling1842 natter1866 grouch1895 beef1900 holler1901 squawk1909 moan1911 yip1911 grouse1918 gripe1934 crib1943 bitch1945 drip1945 kvetch1957 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > action of complaining > petty or irritating calleting1620 nagging1855 nag1866 natter1866 naggingness1898 noodging1960 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 119 Nyatter, peevish chattering, grumbling. 1933 J. H. Smythe Blethers 54 Bit ailin' fouks' nyatter he tholed wi' gweed grace. 1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 74 Owd natterbag, a scolding woman.] 2. A chat, an informal talk. As a mass noun: chatter, aimless talk. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat confabulationc1450 device1490 chat1573 tittle-tattle?c1640 small talk1650 confab1701 chit-chat1710 jaw1748 small-talking1786 prose1787 rap1787 coze1804 talky-talky1812 clack1813 chit-chatting1823 cozey1837 gossip1849 mardlea1852 yarn1857 conflab1873 chinwag1879 chopsing1879 cooze1880 chatting1884 schmoozing1884 talky-talk1884 pitch1888 schmooze1895 coosy1903 wongi1929 yap1930 kibitz1931 natter1943 old talk1956 jaw-jaw1958 yacking1959 ole talk1964 rapping1967 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] windc1290 trotevalea1300 follyc1300 jangle1340 jangleryc1374 tongue1382 fablec1384 clapa1420 babbling?c1430 clackc1440 pratinga1470 waste?a1475 clattera1500 trattle1513 babble?a1525 tattlea1529 tittle-tattlea1529 chatc1530 babblery1532 bibble-babble1532 slaverings1535 trittle-trattle1563 prate?1574 babblement1595 pribble-prabble1595 pribble1603 morologya1614 pibble-pabblea1616 sounda1616 spitter-spatter1619 argology1623 vaniloquence1623 vaniloquy1623 drivelling1637 jabberment1645 blateration1656 onology1670 whittie-whattiea1687 stultiloquence1721 claver1722 blether1786 havera1796 jaunder1796 havering1808 slaver1825 yatter1827 bugaboo1833 flapdoodle1834 bavardage1835 maunder1835 tattlement1837 slabber1840 gup1848 faddle1850 chatter1851 cock1851 drivel1852 maundering1853 drooling1854 windbaggery1859 blither1866 javer1869 mush1876 slobber1886 guff1888 squit1893 drool1900 macaroni1924 jive1928 natter1943 shtick1948 old talk1956 yack1958 yackety-yack1958 ole talk1964 Haigspeak1981 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 47 Natter party, a Conference which leads nowhere. 1947 Forum (Johannesburg) 10 23/2 So it is that words like ‘interdenominisationalism’ and ‘polyphiloprogenitive’, with which we are wont to sprinkle our normal natter, sound like the mouthings of the village idiot. 1951 News Chron. 8 Nov. 6/1 From the swarm he singled out one bird... ‘That's Joey,..he usually comes for a natter when there's nothing else doing.’ 1967 N. Freeling Strike Out 28 The natter of silly women. 1974 E. Lemarchand Buried in Past vi. 102 We wanted a natter with you... You can fill us in as nobody else can. 1999 BBC Good Food July 48/2 We settle down for an afternoon natter with friends. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). natterv. Brit. /ˈnatə/, U.S. /ˈnædər/ Forms: 1800s– natter, 1800s– natther (English regional); Scottish 1800s– nyatter, 1900s– neatter, 1900s– netter, 1900s– njater (Shetland), 1900s– njatter (Shetland), 1900s– nyautter. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: gnatter v. Etymology: Variant of gnatter v. Compare natter n. 1. a. intransitive. Scottish and English regional. To grumble, complain, nag (frequently with at); to fret. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] murkeOE misspeakOE yomer971 chidea1000 murkenOE grutch?c1225 mean?a1300 hum13.. plainta1325 gruntc1325 plainc1325 musea1382 murmurc1390 complain1393 contrary1393 flitec1400 pinea1425 grummec1430 aggrudge1440 hoinec1440 mutterc1450 grudge1461 channerc1480 grunch1487 repine1529 storm?1553 expostulate1561 grumblea1586 gruntle1591 chunter1599 swagger1599 maunder1622 orp1634 objurgate1642 pitter1672 yelp1706 yammer1794 natter1804 murgeon1808 groan1816 squawk1875 jower1879 grouse1887 beef1888 to whip the cat1892 holler1904 yip1907 peeve1912 grouch1916 nark1916 to sound off1918 create1919 moana1922 crib1925 tick1925 bitch1930 gripe1932 bind1942 drip1942 kvetchc1950 to rag on1979 wrinch2011 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > grumble groina1400 grumble1608 natter1862 1804 W. Tarras Poems 18 My heart aft natters gaunt wi' spleen. 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Natter, to scold, to speak in a querulous or peevish manner. 1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 372 Shoo'd ha' summat else to do nur to sit thear nattering awl't dāay long if shoo hed to scrat fer her bit o' living sāame as I hev. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 96 The missis does natter and werrit so, I nat'ly can't put up wi' it. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 5 Oor forbears an ther Southron neebers..war everly natterin an fechtin. 1946 J. B. Priestley Bright Day ix. 274 If you've got summat in you that wants to be let out an' goes on natterin' at you day an' night, then you let go of everything else an' get it out. 1950 W. Kemp Cornkisters 5 If there's naethin' on earth tae grunt aboot, he'll neatter at the meen. b. intransitive. colloquial. To chatter; to chat aimlessly, idly, or at length. Also with away, on. (Now the usual sense.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter chavel?c1225 babblea1250 chattera1250 clacka1250 janglea1300 ganglec1300 clapc1315 mumblec1350 blabberc1375 carp1377 tatterc1380 garre1382 rattlec1400 clatter1401 chimec1405 gabc1405 pattera1450 smattera1450 languetc1450 pratec1460 chat1483 jabber1499 clittera1529 cackle1530 prattle1532 blatter1533 blab1535 to run on pattens1546 tattle1547 prittle-prattlea1555 trattlea1555 tittle-tattle1556 quiddlea1566 brabble1570 clicket1570 twattle1573 gabble1574 prittle1583 to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597 to word it1612 deblaterate1623 tongue1624 twitter1630 snatter1647 oversay1656 whiffle1706 to gallop away1711 splutter1728 gob1770 gibble-gabble1775 palaver1781 to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785 gammon1789 witter1808 yabble1808 yaff1808 mag1810 chelp1820 tongue-pad1825 yatter1825 potter1826 chipper1829 jaw-jaw1831 buzz1832 to shoot off one's mouth1864 yawp1872 blate1878 chin1884 yap1888 spiel1894 to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895 to run off at the mouth1908 chattermag1909 clatfart1913 to talk a streak1915 to run one's mouth1916 natter1942 ear-bash1944 rabbit1950 yack1950 yacker1961 to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965 yacket1969 to twat on1996 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > talk idly [verb (intransitive)] chattera1250 drivelc1390 clatter1401 chatc1440 smattera1450 pratec1460 blaver1461 babble?1504 blether1524 boblec1530 trattlea1555 tittle-tattle1556 fable1579 tinkle1638 whiffle1706 slaver1730 doitera1790 jaunder1808 haver1816 maunder1816 blather1825 yatter1825 blat1846 bibble-babble1888 flap-doodle1893 twiddle1893 spiel1894 rot1896 blither1903 to run off at the mouth1908 drool1923 twiddle-twaddle1925 crap1940 natter1942 yack1950 yacker1961 yacket1969 1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 64 Your C.O. tears you off a strip for nattering too much over the R/T. 1958 Sunday Times 26 Jan. 17/3 They..nattered away for an hour about nothing. 1983 J. Hennessy Torvill & Dean 72 You need somebody around,..but not somebody who'll go nattering on about skating. 1994 Amer. Spectator Sept. 41/2 He never stopped nattering, overwhelming us with statistics. 2. transitive. Scottish and English regional. To gnaw, nibble. Also intransitive with at. Also in extended use. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > nibble or gnaw gnawa1000 bitec1250 nibblea1500 knabble1580 knepa1642 knuba1652 nab1653 chumble1821 natter1862 1862 ‘T. Treddlehoyle’ Bairnsla Foaks' Ann. 54 Coits wi' t'button hoyles nattered. 1888 J. Dalby Mayroyd III. 103 It would continually natter at David's heart. 1989 Trans. Yorks. Dial. Soc. 17 44 Ah mum ave a bitin-on afoor Ah goo ter bed fer t' worms ter natter at. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1866v.1804
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