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Chatter is rapid, continuous talk, often light or trivial: idle chatter, the chatter of children at recess.
Birds and monkeys chatter—making quick, repetitive sounds.
Teeth chatter from cold or fear.
In technical contexts, chatter refers to unwanted vibration in machinery or intercepted communications: intelligence analysts monitor enemy chatter.
Trivial, prolonged speech
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
- blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
- gabbleRapid, muddled talk
- gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
drivel · twaddle · ramble · blabber · yammer · palaver · natter · burble
Unconfirmed circulating story
- tittle-tattleTrivial, idle chatter
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
buzz · scuttlebutt · grapevine · talebearer · backbiting · innuendo · blabbermouth · gossipmonger
Playful, teasing exchange
- chitchatInformal light conversation
- small-talkLight, casual conversation
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
repartee · back-and-forth · discourse · confab · tête-à-tête · pleasantries · chatroom · interlocution
Involuntary bodily trembling
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
- quiveringShaking slightly and rapidly
- shudderingConvulsive trembling motion
- coldLow temperature state
clenching · gnashing · grinding · jaw · clacking · rattling · freezing · hypothermia
Loud rattling noise
- rattleShaking sound maker
- clackSharp percussive noise
- clickingMaking short sharp sounds
- clatteringMaking repeated sharp sounds
staccato · tapping · patter · rattling · clinking · machine-gun · jackhammer · typewriter
prattle
Trivial, prolonged speech
gibberish · drivel · twaddle · ramble · blabber · yammer · palaver · natter · burble · patter
rumor
Unconfirmed circulating story
- tittle-tattleTrivial, idle chatter
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
- whisperSpeech without full voice
scandal · buzz · scuttlebutt · grapevine · talebearer · backbiting · innuendo · blabbermouth · gossipmonger · dirt
banter
Playful, teasing exchange
- chitchatInformal light conversation
- small-talkLight, casual conversation
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
exchange · repartee · back-and-forth · discourse · confab · tête-à-tête · pleasantries · chatroom · interlocution · schmooze
shivering
Involuntary bodily trembling
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
- quiveringShaking slightly and rapidly
- shudderingConvulsive trembling motion
cold · clenching · gnashing · grinding · jaw · clacking · rattling · freezing · hypothermia · goosebumps
clatter
Loud rattling noise
clattering · staccato · tapping · patter · rattling · clinking · machine-gun · jackhammer · typewriter · keystrokes
cooing
Soft murmuring sounds
hooting
Crying like an owl
- screechingMaking harsh high sounds
- vocalizingProducing sounds with voice
- callingStrongly felt purpose
whooping · shrieking · screaming · barking · troop · howling · gibbering
- animal callsbird call, bird calls, ribbit, frog calls, peep
- blatherbabble, balderdash, baloney, blarney, blather
- chatterchatting, chitchat, gab session, gabbing, gabfest
- empty talkidle talk, hot air, drivel, babble, blather
- excessive talkingbabbling, blather, prattle, rambling, nattering
- gossiprumor, rumors, gossip, hearsay, whisper
chattersilence
Total lack of sound
quiet · stillness · hush · silentness · quietude
chatterdrawl
Unhurried, elongated speech pattern
articulate · enunciate · measured speech · pronounce · slow speech
chattergravitas
Dignified, weighty manner
reticence · taciturnity · reserve · brevity · conciseness
- chattering teethInvoluntary cold response
- idle chatterTrivial, aimless conversation
- teeth chatteringInvoluntary jaw trembling
- non-stop chatter
- mental chatterContinuous inner commentary
- chattering away