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/tʃˈætərɪŋ/ Listen

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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Etymology of 'Chattering'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chattering" Quotes from Famous Books

... this in Heaven's name? We had been quite still, resting while this talk was going on, but we could hear the hawks chattering from the rocks, we were so ...

— The Hollow Land • William Morris

... settlement was eminently suggestive of peace. The cattle lay sleepily in the shade of the trees; the sea was still calm like glass. Men had ceased from their daily toil; and the only sounds that broke the quiet of the morning were the chattering of the parrots and other birds in the cocoanut groves; and the cries of seafowl, as they circled in the air, or dropt on the surface of the sea ...

— Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader • R.M. Ballantyne

... our heads, came a chittering and a chattering such as I had never heard. The big man before us dropped to the earth, his head bowed, muttering. As for me, my fright increased. The chattering stopped, and Nick stepped forward and laid his hand on the negro's ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... was searching for the tracks of a Lion. He asked a man felling oaks in the forest if he had seen any marks of his footsteps or knew where his lair was. "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. I did not ask that; it is his track only I am in search of, not the ...

— Aesop's Fables • Aesop

... Clive to you? Was you invited to the regale? You was one of that stinking crowd, I suppose, that bawled in the street. You go and herd with knaves and yokels, do you? and bring shame upon me, and set the countryside a-chattering of Richard Burke and his idle young oaf of a brother! By gad, sir, I'll whip you for this; I'll give you something to remember ...

— In Clive's Command - A Story of the Fight for India • Herbert Strang

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