Found 3 hits - Term: chattering, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
chatter \chat"ter\, v. i. imp. p. p. chattered; p. pr.
vb. n. chattering. of imitative origin. cf. chat, v. i.
chitter.
1. to utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are
inarticulate and indistinct.
1913 webster
the jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters.
--wordsworth.
1913 webster
2. to talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to
jabber; to prate.
1913 webster
to tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue.
--shak.
1913 webster
3. to make a noise by rapid collisions.
1913 webster
with chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.
--dryden.
1913 webster
see also:
chattered chattering chat chitter
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
chattering \chat"tering\, 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.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
chattering
adj : engaged in making a rapid repetitive noise resembling
speech; "the chattering sparrows"
n 1: the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
syn: chatter
2: the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals birds or
monkeys syn: chatter
see also:
chatter
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