chatter

n 1: noisy talk [syn: {yak}, {yack}, {yakety-yak}, {cackle}]

2: the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine

[syn: {chattering}]

3: the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or

monkeys) [syn: {chattering}]

v 1: click repeatedly or uncontrollably, as of teeth [syn: {click}]

2: cut unevenly with a chattering tool

3: chew the fat; shoot the breeze [syn: {chat}, {confabulate},

{confab}, {chitchat}, {chaffer}, {natter}, {gossip}, {jaw},

{claver}, {visit}]

4: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

[syn: {piffle}, {palaver}, {prate}, {tittle-tattle}, {twaddle},

{clack}, {maunder}, {prattle}, {gibber}, {tattle}, {blabber},

{gabble}]

5: make noise as if chattering away: "The magpies were

chattering in the trees"