chatter

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.