chatter

1. 1.

   noisy talk

   Synonymsyakyackyakety-yakcackle

   Broadertalk

   Narrowerprate
2. 2.

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

   Synonymschattering

   Broadernoise
3. 3.

   the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)

   Synonymschattering

   Broadernoise

Other forms of chatter

plural

chatters·

past tense

chatterred·

present participle

chatterring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chatter

What does chatter mean?

chatter means "click repeatedly or uncontrollably". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chatter?

chatter has 2 syllables: chat-ter. The stress falls on "chat". In IPA it is /ˈtʃætɚ/.

What is another word for chatter?

Close synonyms include click, chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chatter a common word?

chatter is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.