chatter

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chatter

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§PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃætə/
• (US) enPR: chătʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈtʃætɚ/
• Rhymes: -ætə(r)

§Etymology 1Edit

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

§NounEdit

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.

§SynonymsEdit

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

§TranslationsEdit

§VerbEdit

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.

   • Shakespeare

     To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue.

2. (intransitive) Of teeth, machinery, etc, to make a noise by rapid collisions.

   He was so cold that his teeth were chattering.

3. To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
   • Wordsworth

     The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters.

§SynonymsEdit

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

§TranslationsEdit

§Etymology 2Edit

chat +‎ -er

§NounEdit

chatter (plural chatters)

1. one who chats
2. (Internet) a user of chat rooms
   • 2013, Michael K. Sullivan, Sexual Minorities (page 148)

     During the chat sessions, two outreach team members would engage in a conversation about the topic chosen for that event in the main chat room and entice other chatters to join in.

§External linksEdit

• 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

§AnagramsEdit

• ratchet