chatter

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
2. (uncountable, usually) The sound of talking.
3. (uncountable, usually) The vocalisations of a Eurasian magpie, Pica pica.
4. (uncountable, usually) The vocalisations of various birds or other animals.
5. (uncountable, usually) An intermittent noise, as from vibration.
6. (uncountable, usually) In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
7. (uncountable, usually) The situation where a drill or similar tool vibrates and tears the material rather than cutting it cleanly.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To talk idly.
2. (intransitive, usually) To make a noise by rapid collisions.
3. To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.

Sinònims

babble

jabber

prattle

talk

🗣️

gossip

gabble

chat

rattle

prate

gab

blabber

twaddle

twitter

natter

gibber

blab

tittle-tattle

tattle

clack

palaver

clatter

piffle

cackle

chattering

talk nonsense

chitchat

jaw

idle talk

chew the fat

maunder

blather

yap

chirp

knock

speak

🗣️

click

chaffer

confabulate

converse

patter

nag

mutter

visit

rap

yammer

talk idly

claver

chirr

confab

gibberish

birdsong

talk too much

cheep

chirping

clap

👏

conversation

converser

garrulous

garrulousness

gurgle

humiliate

jingle

mumble

nattering

rave

say

🗣️

smack

talkative

tap

tell

tinkle

tittle tattle

keep on talking

twittering

whisper

yack

yak

shoot the breeze

useless words

yatter

speak foolishly

be loquacious

yakety-yak

chit-chat

mag

🔍

make noise

drone on

claik

murmur

drivel

discussion

discuss

wish-wash

overstate

discourse

creak

pester

communicate

clip

clink

purl

rabbit on

rant

claptrap

clank

rattling

yapp

ringing

run on

rustle

speak unadvisedly

schmooze

screech

shake

🫨

shit

💩

slam

slap

slip out

crack

small talk

chop

stonechat

stridulate

strike

chitter

stroke

talkativeness

speak nonsense

chirrup

babbling

telling

throb

thrust

prittle prattle

tit

babblement

chirring

click-clack

tremble

tremor

trill

chink

burble

axial knock

utter

verbalism

verbalization

verbiage

verboseness

verbosity

bump

waffle

🧇

wag

warble

whinchat

whipsaw

whipsawed

wag one’s tongue

whop

worry

rattle away

chin wagging

blurt out

blether

chat with

clickety-clack

beating

go on and on

let on

yattinʼ

storytelling

talk a lot

talk incoherently

talk loudly

gabbling

gaggle

gammon

garrulity

banter

bang

gas

froth

footle

flap

griot

grunt

gum

tell tales

chinwag

fiddle-faddle

in a low voice

express

jabbering

jangle

exaggerate

jibber

ramble on

jive

drool

knocking

loquacity

Traduccions

bavarder

schwatzen

babiller

charlar

jacassement

plaudern

Geschwätz

bavardage

babbelen

schwätzen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈtʃætə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: chateren

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: tjoaterje

Cognat amb frisó occidental: tsjotterje

Cognat amb neerlandès: schateren

Cognat amb neerlandès: koeteren

Cognat amb Middle Low German: kidderen

Cognat amb alemany: kaudern

Cognat amb danès: kvidre

In summary

From Middle English chateren, from earlier cheteren, chiteren (“to twitter, chatter, jabber”), of imitative origin. Compare Saterland Frisian tjoaterje (“to chatter”), West Frisian tsjotterje (“to chatter”), Dutch schateren, schetteren (“chatter”), Dutch koeteren (“jabber”), Middle Low German kidderen (“to chatter”), German Low German queteln (“to chatter”), dialectal German kaudern (“to gobble (like a turkey)”), Danish kvidre (“to twitter, chirp”).