Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who chatters; a prater; an idle talker.
  • noun The popular name of birds of the genus Ampelis in the most restricted sense, or Bombycilla.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A prater; an idle talker.
  • noun (Zoöl.) A bird of the family Ampelidæ -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person who chatters; a chatterbox.
  • noun Any of several passerine birds, mostly from South America; especially the cotingas.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
  • noun passerine bird of New World tropics

Etymologies

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chatter +‎ -er

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Examples

  • The so-called chatterer has a pleasant note, beautiful plumage, makes a living cleverly, and is graceful in form; it appears to be alien to our country; at all events it is seldom seen at a distance from its own immediate home.

    The History of Animals 2002

  • You'll make a good point, a half-dozen of her commenters will respond with some counterpoint, and if you respond to more than 2 of them she deletes your posts without notice and declares you a "chatterer".

    "You might be smart enough to play chez Althouse, but you have got to try much harder. Get out of the boys' club..." Ann Althouse 2009

  • At home, although the man in our house is outnumbered 3: 1, I would say that the women speak a disproportionate amount of the time (none of usis agreat chatterer, though, our house is more likely to be silent rather than filled with conversation by either gender).

    March 2009 Maxine 2009

  • At home, although the man in our house is outnumbered 3: 1, I would say that the women speak a disproportionate amount of the time (none of usis agreat chatterer, though, our house is more likely to be silent rather than filled with conversation by either gender).

    Sarah Paretsky and voices of women Maxine 2009

  • At home, although the man in our house is outnumbered 3: 1, I would say that the women speak a disproportionate amount of the time (none of usis agreat chatterer, though, our house is more likely to be silent rather than filled with conversation by either gender).

    Sarah Paretsky and voices of women Maxine 2009

  • At home, although the man in our house is outnumbered 3: 1, I would say that the women speak a disproportionate amount of the time (none of usis agreat chatterer, though, our house is more likely to be silent rather than filled with conversation by either gender).

    Politics Maxine 2009

  • My plan is $15/month for 500 outgoing minutes (I'm not much of a chatterer), including long distance, caller ID, voice mail, and a slew of other features that Qwest would ream you for, if only they offered them.

    Two thirds of a day with an iPhone (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Antique Holly, after Tribal Council's eviction of marathon chatterer Wendy: "I really liked Wendy."

    Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: Shut up, Shannon! 2010

  • Antique Holly, after Tribal Council's eviction of marathon chatterer Wendy: "I really liked Wendy."

    Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: Shut up, Shannon! 2010

  • Antique Holly, after Tribal Council's eviction of marathon chatterer Wendy: "I really liked Wendy."

    Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: Shut up, Shannon! 2010

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