chatterer

chat·ter

C0260700 (chăt′ər)v. chat·tered, chat·ter·ing, chat·ters v.intr.1. To talk rapidly, incessantly, and on trivial subjects; jabber.2. To utter a rapid series of short, inarticulate, speechlike sounds: birds chattering in the trees.3. To click quickly and repeatedly: Our teeth chattered from the cold.4. To vibrate or rattle while in operation: A power drill will chatter if the bit is loose.v.tr. To utter in a rapid, usually thoughtless way: chattered a long reply.n.1. Idle, trivial talk.2. Communication, such as email and cell phone calls, between people who are involved in terrorism or espionage, as monitored by a government agency.3. The sharp, rapid sounds made by some birds and animals.4. A series of quick rattling or clicking sounds.

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[Middle English chateren, of imitative origin.]

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chat′ter·er n.

chatterer

(ˈtʃætərə) n1. someone or something that chatters2. (Animals) another name for cotinga

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chatterer - an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talkerbabbler, prater, spouter, chatterbox, magpiespeaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"
	2.	chatterer - passerine bird of New World tropicscotingaNew World flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher, flycatcher - large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the winggenus Cotinga - type genus of the Cotingidae: cotingasRupicola rupicola, cock of the rock - tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crestcock of the rock, Rupicola peruviana - bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicolabellbird - any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like callCephalopterus ornatus, umbrella bird - black tropical American bird having a large overhanging crest and long feathered wattle

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