chatter
/ˈt͡ʃætɚ/ noun B2- Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
- The sound of talking.
- The vocalisations of a Eurasian magpie, Pica pica.
- The vocalisations of various birds or other animals.
- An intermittent noise, as from vibration. · Proper brake adjustment will help to reduce the chatter.
- 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.
- The situation where a drill or similar tool vibrates and tears the material rather than cutting it cleanly.
- A group of songbirds.
Plural chatters
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But when one day he forgot himself and began to chatter, they discovered his true character and drove him forth, pecking him with their beaks.
There was not much of either laughter or chatter in Billy.
She could not help thinking, too, that it would be very pleasant to have such a friend as Gilbert to jest and chatter with and exchange ideas about books and studies and ambitions.
Jane and Josie both answered at once and the chatter drifted into a side eddy of fashions.
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