Dictionary definition · chatter
noun
- noisy talk
- the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
- the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
verb
- click repeatedly or uncontrollably"Chattering teeth"
- cut unevenly with a chattering tool
- talk socially without exchanging too much information"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
- speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- make noise as if chattering away"The magpies were chattering in the trees"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).