Chattering

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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     2. To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to
        jabber; to prate.
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              To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. To make a noise by rapid collisions.
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              With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.
                                                    --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chattering \Chat"ter*ing\, 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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]