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"chatter" in English

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chatterverb [ I ]

uk ​ /ˈtʃæt.ər/ us ​ /ˈtʃæt̬.ɚ/

chatternoun [ U ]

uk ​ /ˈtʃæt.ər/ us ​ /ˈtʃæt̬.ɚ/

› conversation about things that are not important:

I can't concentrate with Ann's constant chatter.

› the quick, repeated noises that some animals make:

He could hear the chatter of birds in the trees overhead.

› communication between people over the internet:

Experts monitor internet chatter for the government.

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(Definition of “chatter” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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chatterverb [ I ]

us ​ /ˈtʃæt̬·ər/

› to talk continuously and usually for no serious purpose:

The boys and girls kept chattering during the movie.

› If your teeth chatter, you are so cold or frightened that you can’t stop your upper and lower teeth from hitting against each other.

› An animal or a machine that chatters makes a sound like fast, continuous talking:

Birds chattered in the trees.
The printer was chattering away on the desk.
chatter
noun [ U ] us ​ /ˈtʃæt̬·ər/

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The air was full of the chatter of birds.

(Definition of “chatter” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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