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• Chatter — Chat ter, n. 1. Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle. [1913 Webster] Your words are but idle and empty chatter. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] 2. Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Chatter — Chat ter, v. t. To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly. [1913 Webster] Begin his witless note apace to chatter. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Chatter bug — is a service and hardware device used to route long distance voice calls over an IP network. The company that sells the device is Lagunaware of Tucson, Arizona.[1] Device: Small hardware device that plugs in between the telephone and phone line.… …   Wikipedia

• chatter — CHATTER, v. n. qui ne se dit que d Une chatte qui fait ses petits. Une chatte qui est prête à chatter. Elle a chatté cette nuit …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

• chatter — [n] constant or rapid talk babble, blather, chat, chitchat, gas*, gossip, jabber*, palaver, prattle*, twaddle, yakking*; concepts 266,278 Ant. drawl chatter [v] speak fast and non stop babble, blab*, blather, cackle, chat, chitchat, clack, gab*,… …   New thesaurus

• chatter — [chat′ər] vi. [ME chateren: orig. echoic] 1. to make short, indistinct sounds in rapid succession [birds and squirrels chatter] 2. to talk fast, incessantly, and foolishly 3. to click together rapidly, as the teeth do when the lower jaw trembles… …   English World dictionary

• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English