chatter
/ˈtʃætə/ · noun
Meaning
- Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
- The sound of talking.
- The sound made by a magpie.
- An intermittent noise, as from vibration.
- In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
- To talk idly.
- Of teeth, machinery, etc, to make a noise by rapid collisions.
- To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
- One who chats
- A user of chat rooms
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