natter
verb/ˈnætə(r)/
/ˈnætər/
[intransitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they natter | /ˈnætə(r)/ /ˈnætər/ |
| he / she / it natters | /ˈnætəz/ /ˈnætərz/ |
| past simple nattered | /ˈnætəd/ /ˈnætərd/ |
| past participle nattered | /ˈnætəd/ /ˈnætərd/ |
| -ing form nattering | /ˈnætərɪŋ/ /ˈnætərɪŋ/ |
- to talk for a long time, especially about unimportant things synonym chat
- I can’t stand here nattering—I’ve got work to do.
- natter away/on We nattered away for hours.
- natter (away/on) about something What are you two nattering on about?
Word Originearly 19th cent. (in the dialect sense ‘grumble, fret’): imitative.
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