chatter
//ˈtʃætər//
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.