Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - chatter

(chatters, chattering, chattered) 1. If you chatter, you talk quickly and continuously, usually about things which are not important. Everyone’s chattering away in different languages... Erica was friendly and chattered about Andrew’s children... He listened to chattering maids as they passed by. VERB: V adv/prep, V about n, V-ing, also V • Chatter is also a noun. ...idle chatter... Lila kept up a steady stream of chatter. N-UNCOUNT 2. If your teeth chatter, they keep knocking together because you are very cold or very nervous. She was so cold her teeth chattered. VERB: V 3. When birds or animals chatter, they make high-pitched noises. (LITERARY) Birds were chattering somewhere. VERB: V • Chatter is also a noun. ...almond trees vibrating with the chatter of crickets. N-UNCOUNT: usu the N of n