chatter

//ˈtʃætər//
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Verb

chatterInfinitive
chatterPresent tense
chatteredPast tense
chatteredPast participle
chatteringPresent participle
chattersThird-person singular
1

To talk rapidly and continuously about trivial or unimportant matters.

The children chattered excitedly about their summer vacation.

2

To make a series of quick, high-pitched sounds, as birds or monkeys do.

The birds chattered loudly in the trees at dawn.

3

(Of teeth) to click together repeatedly from cold or fear.

My teeth were chattering from the cold.

Noun

chatterSingular
chattersPlural
1

Rapid, trivial, or incessant talk.

The chatter of the children filled the room.

2

A series of quick, high-pitched sounds made by birds or animals.

We woke up to the chatter of birds outside our window.