Overview of noun chattering

The noun chattering has 2 senses

• chatter, chattering -- (the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine)


• chatter, chattering -- (the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys))

Overview of verb chatter

The verb chatter has 5 senses

• chatter, click -- (click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth")


• chatter -- (cut unevenly with a chattering tool)


• chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit -- (talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze")


• chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble -- (speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly)


• chatter -- (make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were chattering in the trees")