chatter

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtʃætə, X-SAMPA: /"tS{t@/
• (US) enPR: chătʹər, IPA: /ˈtʃætɚ, X-SAMPA: /"tS{t@`/
• Rhymes: -ætə(r)

Etymology 1

From Middle English chateren (“to chatter”), of imitative origin.

Noun

chatter (uncountable)

1. talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk
2. the sound of talking
3. the sound made by a magpie
4. an intermittent noise, as from vibration

   Proper brake adjustment will help to reduce the chatter.

5. in national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.

   The NSA is concerned about increased chatter between known terror groups.

Synonyms

• (talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk): chattering, chatting, nattering
• See also Wikisaurus:chatter

Translations

talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk

• Albanian: bërbëlit (sq)
• Bulgarian: дърдорене (bg) (dǎrdorene) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廢話 (cmn), 废话 (cmn) (fèihuà), 閒話 (cmn) or 閑話 (cmn), 闲话 (cmn) (xiánhuà)

• Danish: plapre (da), sludre (da), snakke (da)
• Dutch: geklets (nl) n
• Finnish: jaarittelu (fi), juttelu (fi), rupattelu (fi), lörpöttely (fi)
• French: jacassement (fr) m, bagou (fr) m

• German: Geplapper (de) n, Gequatsche (de) n, Geschnatter (de) n, Gequake (de) n, Geschwätz (de) n, Gequassel (de) n
• Irish: aighneas (ga) m
• Japanese: 無駄話 (ja) (むだばなし, mudabanashi), 冗言 (ja) (じょうげん, jōgen)
• Portuguese: falatório
• Russian: болтовня (ru) (boltovnjá) f, трёп (ru) (trjop) m
• Scottish Gaelic: goileam (gd) m
• Spanish: parloteo (es), cotorreo (es)
• Turkish: çene çalmak (tr), gevezelik (tr)

sound of talking

• Dutch: geroezemoes (nl) n

• Portuguese: burburinho (pt)

sound of a magpie

• Danish: skræppe (da)
• Dutch: gekwetter (nl) n

• Finnish: räkättää (fi)
• French: jacassement m

intermittent noise, as from vibration

• Bulgarian: дрънчене (bg) (drǎnčene) n, вибрация (bg) (vibracija) f
• Danish: hakke (da), klapre (da)

• Finnish: kalina (fi)
• Portuguese: zumbido (pt)

degree of communication between suspects

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• Spanish: charlatanear

Verb

chatter (third-person singular simple present chatters, present participle chattering, simple past and past participle chattered)

1. (intransitive) To talk idly.

   They knitted and chattered the whole time.

2. (intransitive) Of teeth, machinery, etc, to make a chattering noise.

   He was so cold that his teeth were chattering.

Synonyms

• (talk idly): chat, natter
• (make a chattering noise): clatter, knock, pink (said of an engine)

Translations

talk idly

• Albanian: bërbëlitje (sq)
• Bulgarian: бъбря (bg) (bǎbrja), дърдоря (bg) (dǎrdorja)
• Dutch: kletsen (nl), kwebbelen (nl)
• Esperanto: babili (eo)
• Finnish: jutella (fi), rupatella (fi), lörpötellä (fi), (colloquial) turista (fi)
• French: jacasser (fr), bavarder (fr)
• German: plaudern (de), schwatzen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: στωμύλλω, λαλέω

• Hungarian: cseveg (hu), csacsog (hu), cseverészik (hu)
• Latin: garriō (la)
• Quechua: chanrararay (qu)
• Russian: болтать (ru) (boltátʹ), трепаться (ru) (trepátʹsja)
• Spanish: parlotear (es), cotorrear (es)
• Telugu: వాగు (vaagu)
• Volapük: luspikön (vo), luspikotön (vo)

make a chattering noise

• Bulgarian: дрънча (bg) (drǎnča)
• Finnish: kalista (fi)
• Hungarian: vacog (hu)

• Russian: стучать зубами (ru) (stučát' zubámi)
• Scottish Gaelic: bi a' snagadaich (gd)

Etymology 2

chat +‎ -er

Noun

chatter (plural chatters)

1. one who chats
2. (Internet) a user of chat rooms

External links

• chatter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• chatter in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• chatter at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• ratchet