nnoun.communicationnoisy talkSynset:cackle yack yak yakety-yak
Derivationally Related Form:chatteryackcackle
Hypernyms:talk talking
Inherited Hypernyms:yaktalkconversationspeechauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bletherchin musicidle talkprateprattle
nnoun.eventthe rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machineSynset:chattering
Derivationally Related Form:chatter
Hypernyms:noise
Inherited Hypernyms:chatternoisesoundhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.eventthe high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)Synset:chattering
Derivationally Related Form:chatter
Hypernyms:noise
Inherited Hypernyms:chatternoisesoundhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.perceptionclick repeatedly or uncontrollablySynset:click
Hypernyms:go sound
Inherited Hypernyms:chattersoundcause to be perceived
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.contactcut unevenly with a chattering toolDerivationally Related Form:chattering
Hypernyms:cut
Inherited Hypernyms:chattercutseparatemove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationtalk socially without exchanging too much informationSynset:chaffer chat chew the fat chit-chat chitchat claver confab confabulate gossip jaw natter shoot the breeze visit
Examples:- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
Derivationally Related Form:chatchitchatchatterchit-chatconfabulationgossipvisitorchit chatchatterer
Hypernyms:converse discourse
Inherited Hypernyms:chew the fatconversetalkcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:jawboneschmooseschmoozeshmooseshmooze
Full Troponyms:shmooze
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: chat, chatter, chitchat, visit) | Sam wants to --- with Sue (apply to: chat, chatter, chitchat) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: visit)
vverb.communicationspeak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantlySynset:blab blabber clack gabble gibber maunder palaver piffle prate prattle tattle tittle-tattle twaddle
Derivationally Related Form:prattletwaddleblabberpalaverpraterchatterprategabbletittle-tattlepiffleprattlertwaddlerchatterer
Hypernyms:mouth speak talk utter verbalise verbalize
Inherited Hypernyms:chattertalkcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:babbleblatherbletherblithersmatter
Full Troponyms:babble
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: chatter, prate, tittle-tattle)
vverb.communicationmake noise as if chattering awayExamples:- The magpies were chattering in the trees
Derivationally Related Form:chatteringchatterchatterer
Hypernyms:mouth speak talk utter verbalise verbalize
Inherited Hypernyms:chattertalkcommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | The birds --- in the woods (apply to: chatter) | The woods --- with many kinds of birds (apply to: chatter)