Natter

3 definitions found

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

  Natter \Nat"ter\, v. i. [Cf. Icel. knetta to grumble.]
     1. To find fault; to be peevish. [Prov. Eng. or Scot.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To talk constantly; to chatter incessantly to prattle; as,
        nattering like a chatterbox.


        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  natter
       v : talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
           men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
           [syn: {chew the fat}, {shoot the breeze}, {chat}, {confabulate},
            {confab}, {chitchat}, {chatter}, {chaffer}, {gossip}, {jaw},
            {claver}, {visit}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "natter":
     babble, babblement, bavardage, bibble-babble, blab, blabber,
     blah-blah, blather, blether, blethers, cackle, caquet, caqueterie,
     chat, chatter, chitter-chatter, clack, clatter, dither, gab,
     gabble, gas, gibber, gibble-gabble, go on, gossip, guff, gush,
     haver, hot air, idle talk, jabber, jaw, mere talk, nonsense talk,
     palaver, patter, pour forth, prate, prating, prattle,
     prittle-prattle, ramble on, rattle, rattle on, reel off, run on,
     spout, spout off, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee,
     tittle-tattle, twaddle, twattle, waffle, yak, yakkety-yak