chatter
cha ter
- n noisy talk
- n the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
- n the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
- v click repeatedly or uncontrollably
- v cut unevenly with a chattering tool
- v talk socially without exchanging too much information
- v speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- v make noise as if chattering away
The magpies were chattering in the trees
- That the distinction between chattering and lying was one too delicate to be perceived by many cinema executives became apparent again last week in a recrudescence of a major .
- PTI columnist and former CIA field officer Robert Baer describes the risks in relying on chatter for accurate intelligence.
- Sevran's prurient opinions are but the latest addition to the growing racist chatter in the French mainstream.