chatter mark

1. 1.

   marks on a glaciated rock caused by the movement of a glacier

   Broadererosion
2. 2.

   a mark made by a chattering tool on the surface of a workpiece

   Broaderblemish

Questions about chatter mark

What does chatter mark mean?

chatter mark means "marks on a glaciated rock caused by the movement of a glacier". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is chatter mark a common word?

chatter mark is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.