chatter
noun/ˈtʃætə(r)/
/ˈtʃætər/
[uncountable]- continuous rapid talk about things that are not important
- Their constant chatter was beginning to annoy him.
- I wish you'd stop wasting time in idle chatter.
Extra Examples- His constant chatter was starting to annoy me.
- She was full of chatter about her new friends.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- constant
- endless
- incessant
- …
- chatter about
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- a series of quick short high sounds that some animals make
- the chatter of monkeys
- a series of short sounds made by things knocking together
- the chatter of teeth
Word OriginMiddle English: imitative.
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