Noise, din, chatter, vocal noise (in later times esp. of birds).

figurative. Noisy talk, clamour, chatter. Obsolete.

Chatter; loud noise.

Noisy talk, chatter; = clack, n. Obsolete or dialect.

Din of speech, noise or clatter of human tongues; contemptuously, loquacious talk, chatter senseless or continuous.

Loose talk or chatter; babbling; divulging of secrets.

Noisy talk; confused din of voices, gabble. Often applied contemptuously to what is treated as mere empty gabble.

Foolish, incoherent, or excited talk; gabble; prattle; (also) meaningless prating; empty rhetoric. Also: an instance of any of these. Cf. -babble…

= babble, n. 1.

Foolish or idle talk, prating.

Alternating repetition of clattering noise; garrulous talk, tittle-tattle.

Talk aside; incidental talk away from the main business, or at by-times; irrelevant speech, small talk, tittle-tattle.

The action of prattling; foolish, inconsequential, or incomprehensible talk; childish chatter; gossip or small talk; an instance of this.

Trivial, idle, or childish talk; gossip or chatter; familiar conversation, small talk.

Idle or frivolous talk or chatter; tittle-tattle, gossip; nonsense, rubbish. Also as int.

Cackle, tattle, babble.

The act or action of prating; talk; (in later use esp.) idle, profitless, or irrelevant talk; chatter, prattle; (also) an instance of this.

Idle talk, prattle; prattling.

= babble, n. 1.

Senseless chatter.

Rapid, unintelligible speech; an instance of this; a rapid, unintelligible utterance. Also: meaningless or inconsequential talk; prattle. Cf. earlier…

Idle talk, chatter, babble. Also in combination twattle-basket n. a chatterbox.

talking ‘at a trot’, voluble speech.

Excessive or foolish talking.

Chatter, gabble.

dialect. Noise, chatter.

figurative. Stupid loquacity, silly chatter. Colloquial phrase cut the cackle (and come to the horses): stop talking (and get to the heart of the…

Idle or frivolous talk or chatter; nonsense, rubbish; = twittle-twattle, n.

Chatter, idle talk; the country talk; an item of gossip (generally malicious). Scottish and northern dialect.

Matter of current gossip or common small talk; what people are talking about.

small talk, gossip (cf. chitter-chatter, n.).

= chatter, n.1 Cf. chit-chat, n.

The action of palaver, v. (in various senses).

A representation of a bubbling sound; also of confused talk.

Unnecessary, profuse, or idle talk; chatter.

Lively talk or gossip; trivial or empty chatter; prattle. Now rare.

slang. Impertinent talk, chatter, ‘jaw’.

Chatter, talk; a chat. Now chiefly Australian.

Foolish, inconsequential, or incomprehensible talk; prattle; jabber.

Talk or patter designed to persuade someone of something or to flatter or cajole someone into a particular course of action in order to further…

Talk, esp. when foolish, inconsequential, or insolent; prattle, gossip. Also in to set up one's gash: to talk, esp. insolently.

Chatting, chat, chatter.

A person who talks a great deal; a fluent or skilful speaker. Also (later chiefly): a person who talks too much; a prattler.

Chatter, ‘loquacity, prattle’ (Jamieson). So whitter-whatter n. in same senses.

intransitive. = gab, v.1, gabber, v.

Clacking, vigorous, and incessant chatter.

Small talk; childish, foolish, or inconsequential talk; continuous chatter or prattle. Also as a count noun: an instance of small talk, an…

Scottish. Long-winded or prosaic talk. Obsolete. rare.

Idle talk; incessant chatter or gossip.

†(a) something resembling a flash of lightning in speed, vividness, etc. (obsolete); (b) a constant stream of words; esp. in to talk (also lie, swear…

Gabbling, rapid, unintelligible utterances or noise; an example of this (now rare). Formerly also: †inconsequential talk (obsolete rare).

Vacuous chatter, mere talk.

talk, chatter.

colloquial. Mere talk; incessant chatter, gabble; an instance of this.

Vulgar loquacity; esp. ‘cheeky’ or impudent talk; also, colloquial, a talk, a speech, a lecture, an address; a long talk, incessant chatter. Frequent…

Incessant talk of a trivial kind; prate, tattle.

Discordant babble.

(a) work in ‘the tongues’, philological labour; (b) debate, discussion, dispute; (c) chatter, gossip, babble.

Talk, conversation, chatter. Australian.

= talky-talky, n. 1.

transitive and intransitive. To chirp or squeak; to chatter. Also as n., chatter.

Chatter, talk.

Chatter, ‘loquacity, prattle’ (Jamieson). So whitter-whatter n. in same senses.

A murmurous flow of words.

Idle or loquacious talk; chatter; = yawp, n. b. slang.

Gossip, tittle-tattle; nonsense, claptrap.

Talk or conversation; spec. talk that is misleading, untrue, empty, or pretentious; hence, anything false, worthless, or unpleasant; vaguely…

Excessive volubility accompanying some forms of mental illness; also gen., an excessive flow of words, prolixity.

In gen. colloquial use, verbose but inconsequential talk or writing; empty verbiage (see also quot. 1937).

slang. Also yak. Incessant talk of a trivial or boring nature. Frequently reduplicated and as int.

(a) n. = yack, n.2 2a; (b) v. intransitive = yack, v.

The mouth of a fast incessant talker. Also: incessant chatter.