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noun

Chattering 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.

verb

Chatter v. t. To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly. "Begin his witless note apace to chatter."

Chatter v. i. (past & past part. chattered; pres. part. chattering)

To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. "The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters."

To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate. "To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue."

To make a noise by rapid collisions. "With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright."

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"Chattering" Quotes from Famous Books

... Thursday. It revives old recollections. Poor fellow: he is an odd one, but still my recollections are inclined in his favour. What a long way to come to the mayor's feast! I would not go one mile after it to hear the din of knives and forks, and to see a throng of blank faces about me, chattering and stuffing, "that boast no more expression than ...

— Life and Remains of John Clare - "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" • J. L. Cherry

... pen! O, Hogarth! had I thy pencil! then would I draw the picture of the poor serving-man, who, with pale countenance, staring eyes, chattering teeth, faultering ...

— The History of Tom Jones, a foundling • Henry Fielding

... all those things, Comtesse, except, perhaps, the 'chattering of the monkeys.' You ...

— The Reflections of Ambrosine - A Novel • Elinor Glyn

... a kind of excuse for the levity of one in so much danger chattering to the little woodland maid so mirthfully, and like one on an equality. When they appeared, Charles bestowed a kiss on Emlyn's lips, and shook hands cordially with Steadfast, lamenting that he had no reward, nor even a token to leave ...

— Under the Storm - Steadfast's Charge • Charlotte M. Yonge

... Davis unburdened his mind about one of the foolish "peace" proposals of that period; his letter running in part: "I left the Senate Chamber about three o'clock this afternoon when there was going on a deal of mowing and chattering over the treaty by which the United States is to be bound to arbitrate its sovereign functions—for policies are matters of sovereignty. . . . The aberrations of the social movement are neither progress nor retrogression. They represent merely a local and ...

— Theodore Roosevelt - An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt • Theodore Roosevelt

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