ALL meanings of chatter
chat·ter
C c - verb chatter If you chatter, you talk quickly and continuously, usually about things which are not important. 3
- verb chatter Chatter is also a noun. 3
- verb chatter If your teeth chatter, they keep knocking together because you are very cold or very nervous. 3
- verb chatter If objects chatter, they make short repeated sounds. 3
- verb chatter When birds or animals chatter, they make high-pitched noises. 3
- verb chatter to speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly; prattle 3
- verb chatter (of birds, monkeys, etc) to make rapid repetitive high-pitched noises resembling human speech 3
- verb chatter (of the teeth) to click together rapidly through cold or fear 3
- verb chatter to make rapid intermittent contact with a component, as in machining, causing irregular cutting 3
- noun chatter idle or foolish talk; gossip 3
- noun chatter the high-pitched repetitive noise made by a bird, monkey, etc 3
- noun chatter the rattling of objects, such as parts of a machine 3
- noun chatter the undulating pattern of marks in a machined surface from the vibration of the tool or workpiece 3
- intransitive verb chatter to make short, indistinct sounds in rapid succession 3
- intransitive verb chatter to talk fast, incessantly, and foolishly 3
- intransitive verb chatter to click together rapidly, as the teeth do when the lower jaw trembles from fright or cold 3
- intransitive verb chatter to rattle or vibrate 3
- verb transitive chatter to utter with a chattering sound 3
- noun chatter the act or sound of chattering 3
- noun chatter rapid, foolish talk 3
- verb chatter If a machine part chatters it makes contact with a workpiece in an intermittent way, often causing damage to the workpiece. 3
- verb with object chatter to utter rapidly or purposelessly. 1
- verb with object chatter to cause to chatter, as the teeth from cold. 1
- noun chatter purposeless or foolish talk. 1
- noun chatter a series of waves or ridges on the surface of a piece of metal that has been imperfectly drawn or extruded. 1
- noun chatter the act or sound of chattering. 1
- noun chatter online, phone, radio, or other electronic communication among people, often involving a harmful political activity such as espionage or terrorism: Officials were able to intercept and identify a high level of terrorist chatter in the weeks before the bombing attempt. 1
- noun chatter Talk rapidly or incessantly about trivial matters. 1
- noun chatter talk, gossip 1
- noun chatter noise of talking 1
- intransitive verb chatter teeth: knock together 1
- noun chatter sound of chattering teeth 1
- noun chatter bird: trill, song 1
- intransitive verb chatter bird: sing, trill 1
- verb without object chatter to talk rapidly in a foolish or purposeless way; jabber. 1
- verb without object chatter to utter a succession of quick, inarticulate, speechlike sounds, as monkeys or certain birds. 1
- verb without object chatter to make a rapid clicking noise by striking together: His teeth were chattering from the cold. 1
- verb without object chatter Machinery. (of a cutting tool or piece of metal) to vibrate during cutting so as to produce surface flaws on the work. 1
- noun chatter Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk. 0
- noun chatter The sound of talking. 0
- noun chatter The sound made by a magpie. 0
- noun chatter An intermittent noise, as from vibration. 0
- noun chatter In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity. 0
- noun chatter one who chats. 0
- noun chatter (Internet) a user of chat rooms. 0
- verb chatter (Intransitive Verb) To talk idly. 0
- verb chatter (Intransitive Verb) Of teeth, machinery, etc, to make a noise by rapid collisions. 0
- verb chatter To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. 0