intransitive. To wag the jaws; to chatter, talk idly. Obsolete.

intransitive. To talk excessively or inappropriately; to chatter quickly, excitedly, or at length; to speak indiscreetly; to tattle. Also with on.

Of human beings: To talk rapidly, incessantly, and with more sound than sense. Esp. said of children… intransitive.

intransitive. To chatter, prate, talk loquaciously. Said of chattering birds and human beings.

To talk excessively or noisily; to chatter, babble, prate; said also of birds. Often applied contemptuously to ordinary speaking. Obsolete.

intransitive. To talk excessively or noisily, to chatter. Also transitive: = jangle, v. 4.

intransitive. To talk loudly, chatter, prate.

intransitive. To speak indistinctly or with the lips partly closed; to mutter; †to babble (obsolete).

intransitive. To chatter, babble, talk idly or senselessly.

Vituperatively: To talk much, to prate, chatter. Cf. carper, n.1 Obsolete.

intransitive. To talk idly, chatter, prate, tattle.

intransitive. To growl, snarl; to chatter, chide; to chirp, twitter.

To talk rapidly in a noisy, lively, or inane manner; to chatter, to prattle. intransitive. Without adverb. Also reduplicated. Now rare.

intransitive. To talk rapidly and noisily; to talk idly; to chatter, prattle, babble. In modern Scottish, to tattle, talk scandal.

Said of the human voice: To recite or repeat in cadence or mechanically; to prate, din (into the ears). intransitive.

intransitive. To talk at length, or about foolish or inconsequential matters; to chatter, prattle.

intransitive. To talk rapidly, fluently, or glibly, esp. with little regard to sense or content; to chatter, jabber, prattle; spec. to talk…

intransitive. To talk ignorantly or superficially, to prate or chatter, of something. Obsolete.

intransitive. To chatter, talk idly.

intransitive. To talk or chatter; to speak foolishly, boastfully, or at great length, esp. to little purpose; to prattle. Formerly also: †to tell…

transitive. To chatter, prate, or prattle (a thing); to utter familiarly; to talk in a gossiping way.

intransitive. To talk rapidly and indistinctly or unintelligibly; to speak volubly and with little sense; to chatter, gabble, prattle. Often…

To chatter. Obsolete.

figurative. Said of persons. To be full of noisy and inconsequent talk; to talk glibly, be loquacious, prate, chatter.

intransitive. To talk in a foolish, childish, or inconsequential way; to chatter at length, esp. about unimportant matters. Now frequently with on.

intransitive. To speak or prate volubly. (Also with it.)

transitive. To utter with open mouth; usually with out. Also absol. To talk much or ineptly; to chatter, babble, ‘blether.’ Obsolete.

to run on pattens: to make a clamour, to chatter noisily (said of the tongue). Obsolete.

To utter small talk; to talk idly or lightly; to chatter, babble, prate; to chat, gossip.

intransitive. To chatter, gossip, or talk idly.

intransitive and transitive. To talk idly; to chatter, gossip.

intransitive. To talk or chatter in an idle way; esp. to gossip about other people and their lives, esp. in such a way as to reveal others' secrets…

intransitive. To discourse or expound upon a subject in a trifling or frivolous manner. Obsolete.

= babble, v.1

intransitive. To talk excessively, to chatter. Obsolete (English regional (East Anglian) in later use).

intransitive. To talk idly or trivially; to chatter, babble, tattle, prate.

intransitive. To talk rapidly or loquaciously, esp. in an incoherent or unintelligible way; to chatter, prattle.

intransitive. = prittle-prattle, v.

to like to hear oneself speak, talk (and similar phrases): to be fond of talking; to hear oneself think: usually in neg. contexts, not to be able to…

transitive. to word it: to talk, esp. excessively or violently; to have (angry) words with. Obsolete (English regional (East Anglian) in later use).

intransitive. To prate. (affected.)

intransitive. To use the tongue, talk, speak; esp. to talk volubly, to prate. (Chiefly tongue it.)

intransitive. Of a person: to talk in a rapid, tremulous voice; to chatter, to babble. Also: to sing in a manner likened to that of a bird (cf…

intransitive. To chatter.

intransitive. To say too much. Obsolete.

intransitive. To talk idly; to trifle. dialect. (See also whiffling, adj.1 3.)

to gallop away: to talk fast, to ‘rattle on’.

intransitive. To talk or speak hastily and confusedly.

intransitive. To talk at great length or to little purpose (frequently about something); to boast, brag (about something). Now usually with on, off.

intransitive. To talk excessively; to talk in a foolish or incomprehensible manner; to jabber, chatter. Also (somewhat depreciative): to talk in…

to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen: to talk, etc., incessantly, or at a great rate.

intransitive. To talk, esp. volubly or incessantly. Also transitive in to gammon the hind leg off a donkey (cf. talk, v. 10). Now rare.

To chatter or mutter; to grumble; to speak with annoying lengthiness on trivial matters. Occasionally transitive. Frequently const. on.

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

intransitive. To bark, yelp; also, to prate, nag.

intransitive. To chatter. Also with away. Now chiefly Australian.

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

(transitive) to assail with words; to scold; also intransitive (with it) to tattle, chatter.

intransitive. To talk idly and incessantly; to chatter, or gossip; to gabble; to complain peevishly. Frequently const. (on) (about something or at…

intransitive. To talk in a trifling or desultory way. rare.

intransitive. Chiefly U.S. Of a person: to speak rapidly or incessantly; to speak in an excited manner; to chatter.

intransitive. To talk in a tedious manner or at great length.

To make the indistinct murmuring sound or ‘hum’ produced by a large number of people talking; to talk busily.

figurative and in figurative context. slang (originally U.S.). to shoot off one's mouth: to talk indiscreetly or abusively; to talk unrestrainedly…

To speak foolishly or noisily. U.S. colloquial.

transitive and intransitive. To babble, prate, give mouth (about), talk blatantly.

U.S. slang. To chat, chatter.

To talk idly or loquaciously; to chatter. Also transitive, with quoted words as object slang (originally dialect).

To talk, esp. volubly or glibly; to patter. Also with away.

†(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…

intransitive. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). to run off at the mouth: to talk excessively or unwisely; to talk nonsense; to chatter…

(intransitive) to chatter.

intransitive. To gossip, to tittle-tattle; to chatter idly or pointlessly. Also transitive: to reveal (information, esp. a secret) by speaking…

to talk a streak, to talk fast or constantly; to talk a blue streak: see blue streak n. (b) at blue, adj. n.compounds 1d.

colloquial (originally U.S.). to run one's mouth: to talk excessively or unwisely; to chatter, gossip; = to run off at the mouth at phrasal verbs 1.

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

intransitive. To talk incessantly or at great length. Also transitive: to talk in this way to (a person).

intransitive. colloquial. To talk volubly, to chatter; to speak or write at length, without saying anything important. Also with away, on.

intransitive. To engage in trivial or unduly persistent conversation; to chatter.

= yack, v.

Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad). to eat parrot head (also bottom) and variants: used to indicate that a person chatters incessantly or is…

intransitive. = yack, v.

intransitive. to twat on: to talk at length in a foolish, inconsequential, or pretentious way.