1. (noun) yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle
noisy talk
Synonyms: chatter, cackle, yack, yak, yakety-yak, chattering
2. (noun) chatter, chattering
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
Synonyms: chatter, cackle, yack, yak, yakety-yak, chattering
3. (verb) chatter, chattering
the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
Synonyms: chatter, cackle, yack, yak, yakety-yak, chattering
4. (verb) chatter, click
click repeatedly or uncontrollably
Synonyms: chitchat, shoot the breeze, twaddle, get through, gossip, prattle, snap, tick, flick, palaver, jaw, chit-chat, claver, tittle-tattle, maunder, chew the fat, tattle, fall into place, penetrate, cluck, come home, visit, confab, sink in, gibber, click, blab, natter, piffle, confabulate, dawn, prate, get across, chat, chatter, chaffer, gabble, blabber, clack
5. (verb) chatter
cut unevenly with a chattering tool
Synonyms: confab, natter, click, tittle-tattle, jaw, palaver, chat, tattle, gabble, blab, chew the fat, piffle, prate, gibber, chit-chat, visit, gossip, confabulate, chitchat, prattle, clack, maunder, claver, shoot the breeze, blabber, twaddle, chaffer
6. (verb) chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
talk socially without exchanging too much information
Synonyms: bawl out, chitchat, chide, yack, call down, masticate, bring down, huckster, shoot the breeze, twaddle, inspect, consult, impose, take to task, gossip, prattle, call on the carpet, inflict, reproof, manducate, call in, lambaste, palaver, jaw, higgle, claver, tittle-tattle, lambast, maunder, see, haggle, chew out, remonstrate, call, tattle, have words, berate, rebuke, natter, travel to, trounce, visit, dress down, confab, chit-chat, chew up, gibber, click, blab, reprimand, rattle on, piffle, scold, confabulate, confer, chew the fat, dish the dirt, yap away, chew, prate, rag, chat, chatter, yack away, chaffer, lecture, gabble, blabber, clack
7. (verb) chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Synonyms: inveigle, chitchat, brattle, mumble, cluck, shoot the breeze, babble, let the cat out of the bag, twaddle, clatter, gossip, prattle, sing, palaver, blarney, chit-chat, claver, tittle-tattle, maunder, sweet-talk, chew the fat, mutter, peach, tattle, natter, wheedle, visit, confab, blab out, coax, gibber, cajole, blab, talk, spill the beans, piffle, confabulate, click, jaw, babble out, mussitate, prate, chat, chatter, chaffer, gabble, blabber, clack
8. (verb) chatter
make noise as if chattering away
Synonyms: confab, natter, click, tittle-tattle, jaw, palaver, chat, tattle, gabble, blab, chew the fat, piffle, prate, gibber, chit-chat, visit, gossip, confabulate, chitchat, prattle, clack, maunder, claver, shoot the breeze, blabber, twaddle, chaffer
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