Chatter - Definition

n 1: noisy talk [syn: yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter,
cackle]
2: the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
[syn: chatter, chattering]
3: the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or
monkeys) [syn: chatter, chattering]
v 1: click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth"
[syn: chatter, click]
2: cut unevenly with a chattering tool
3: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer,
natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]
4: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-
tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab,
gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
5: make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were
chattering in the trees"