chattering

Meanings

Noun

• the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
• the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)

Verb

• click repeatedly or uncontrollably
  • "Chattering teeth"
• cut unevenly with a chattering tool
• talk socially without exchanging too much information
• speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
• make noise as if chattering away
  • "The magpies were chattering in the trees"

Synonyms

blab, blabber, chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, clack, claver, click, confab, confabulate, gabble, gibber, gossip, jaw, maunder, natter, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, shoot the breeze, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, visit