Words that rhyme with yatter

n 1: matter consisting of elementary particles that are the antiparticles of those making up normal substances

n 1: essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers [syn: attar, atar, athar, ottar]

n 1: (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting [syn: batter, hitter, slugger, batsman] 2: a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking v 1: strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" [syn: buffet, knock about, batter] 2: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" [syn: clobber, baste, batter] 3: make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat" [syn: dinge, batter]

v 1: spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food" [syn: spatter, bespatter]

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"

n 1: a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement); "the shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones" v 1: make a rattling sound; "clattering dishes" [syn: clatter, clack, brattle]

v 1: praise somewhat dishonestly [syn: flatter, blandish] [ant: belittle, disparage, pick at]

n 1: someone who makes and sells hats [syn: hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modiste]

adj 1: referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several); "in the latter case" [ant: former(a)] n 1: the second of two or the second mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered today" [ant: former]

n 1: an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously

n 1: a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" [syn: matter, affair, thing] 2: some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police" [syn: topic, subject, issue, matter] 3: that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" 4: a problem; "is anything the matter?" 5: (used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games" 6: written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane" v 1: have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much" [syn: count, matter, weigh]

v 1: 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]

n 1: plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson) [syn: spiel, patter, line of gab] 2: a quick succession of light rapid sounds; "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet" v 1: rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" [syn: sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter] 2: make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain" [syn: patter, pitter-patter]

n 1: a large shallow dish used for serving food 2: sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove [syn: phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter]

n 1: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. [syn: deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter] 2: any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats [syn: rat terrier, ratter]

n 1: a meeting for boat races

n 1: man with strong sexual desires [syn: satyr, lecher, lech, letch] 2: one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns [syn: satyr, forest god]

n 1: a haphazard distribution in all directions [syn: scatter, spread] 2: the act of scattering [syn: scatter, scattering, strewing] v 1: to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" [syn: disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter] 2: move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"; [syn: disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out] 3: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" [syn: scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse] 4: sow by scattering; "scatter seeds" 5: cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles" [syn: break up, disperse, scatter] 6: strew or distribute over an area; "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table" [syn: spread, scatter, spread out]

v 1: break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered" 2: damage or destroy; "The news of her husband's death shattered her life" 3: cause to break into many pieces; "shatter the plate"

v 1: work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money" [syn: dabble, smatter, play around] 2: to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" [syn: babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither] 3: speak with spotty or superficial knowledge; "She smatters Russian"

n 1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" [syn: spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering] 2: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface [syn: spatter, spattering, splash, splashing, splattering] v 1: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" [syn: spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash] 2: rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" [syn: sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter- patter] 3: spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food" [syn: spatter, bespatter]

n 1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" [syn: spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering] 2: a small quantity of something moist or liquid; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey" [syn: dab, splash, splatter] v 1: cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" [syn: spill, slop, splatter] 2: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" [syn: spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash]

n 1: a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter]

n 1: essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers [syn: attar, atar, athar, ottar]

adv 1: as of footsteps; "he came running pit-a-pat down the hall" [syn: pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitty-pat, pitter-patter] 2: describing a rhythmic beating; "his heart went pit-a-pat" [syn: pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitty-pat, pitter- patter] n 1: a series of rapid tapping sounds; "she missed the pitter- patter of little feet around the house" v 1: rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" [syn: sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter] 2: make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain" [syn: patter, pitter-patter]