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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chatter \Chat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chattered}; p. pr & vb n. {Chattering}.] [Of imitative origin. Cf {Chat}, v. i. {Chitter}.] 1. To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters. --Wordsworth. 2. To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate. To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue. --Shak. 3. To make a noise by rapid collisions. With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chattering \Chat"ter*ing\, n. The act or habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of making inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made noise made by the collision of the teeth; chatter. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chattering adj : engaged in making a rapid repetitive noise resembling speech; "the chattering sparrows" n 1: the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine [syn: {chatter}] 2: the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) [syn: {chatter}]
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