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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024chat•ter /ˈtʃætɚ/USA pronunciation v. [no object]- to talk rapidly and without purpose or direction;
jabber:The children were chattering about their weekend adventures. - to make rapid, speechlike sounds, such as a monkey or bird:The monkeys were chattering in the forest.
- to make a rapid noise caused by the striking together of separate parts: teeth chattering from the cold.
n. [uncountable] - rapid talk without a purpose:Cut the chatter and let's get back to work.
- the act or sound of chattering:the chatter of printers.
chat•ter•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chat•ter (chat′ər),USA pronunciation v.i. - to talk rapidly in a foolish or purposeless way;
jabber. - to utter a succession of quick, inarticulate, speechlike sounds, as monkeys or certain birds.
- to make a rapid clicking noise by striking together:His teeth were chattering from the cold.
- Mechanical Engineering[Mach.](of a cutting tool or piece of metal) to vibrate during cutting so as to produce surface flaws on the work.
v.t. - to utter rapidly or purposelessly.
- to cause to chatter, as the teeth from cold.
n. - purposeless or foolish talk.
- a series of waves or ridges on the surface of a piece of metal that has been imperfectly drawn or extruded.
- the act or sound of chattering.
- 1200–50; Middle English chateren; imitative
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged clatter, click.
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