chatter
/ˈt͡ʃætɚ/ verb C2- To talk idly. · They knitted and chattered the whole time.
- To make a noise by rapid collisions. · He was so cold that his teeth were chattering.· The software in modern machine tools can often predict and prevent movements that would cause the cutting tool to chatter.
- To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
He/she/it chatters · Past chattered · Past participle chattered · -ing form chattering
Verb forms
- Base form
- chatter
- He/she/it
- chatters
- Past
- chattered
- Past participle
- chattered
- -ing form
- chattering
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“I will,” said the man, “at once show you the Lion himself.” The Hunter, turning very pale and chattering with his teeth from fear, replied, “No, thank you.
There was a rushing of many wings, a great chattering and laughing, and the sun came out of the dark sky to show the Wicked Witch surrounded by a crowd of monkeys, each with a pair of immense and powerful wings on his shoulders.
Then, with a great deal of chattering and noise, the Winged Monkeys flew away to the place where Dorothy and her friends were walking.
Then all the Winged Monkeys, with much laughing and chattering and noise, flew into the air and were soon out of sight.
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