Definition of Chattering

Noun: chattering  cha-tu-ring

1. The rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
   - chatter
    
2. The high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
   - chatter

1. Make a clicking sound repeatedly or uncontrollably
   "Chattering teeth";
   - click
    
2. Cut unevenly with a chattering tool
    
3. Talk socially without exchanging too much information
   "the men were sitting in the cafe and chattering";
   - chew the fat, shoot the breeze [N. Amer], chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver [UK, dialect], visit, gas, gab
    
4. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
   - piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble, vapor [Brit, Cdn], witter [Brit], rabbit [Brit], yabber [Brit], yatter [Brit]
    
5. Make noise as if chattering away
   "The magpies were chattering in the trees"

See also:
chatterers
chatters

Anagrams containing the word chattering

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