Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of making inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the teeth; chatter.
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- verb Present participle of
chatter . - noun A noise that
chatters . - noun Output fluctuation before reaching a stable condition.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
- noun the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
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Examples
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The fall through leafy branches and the dizzy heights; the snakes that struck at me as I dodged and leaped away in chattering flight; the wild dogs that hunted me across the open spaces to the timber -- these were terrors concrete and actual, happenings and not imaginings, things of the living flesh and of sweat and blood.
CHAPTER I 2010
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Birds were chattering from the eaves, and she could hear the clip of the swallows 'beaks as they caught the last insects of the day.
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The monkey mind has been too too prominant and after so long off, it's chattering is drowned out by the need to GET ON WITH IT!
*whew* 2001
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Trembling with fear and distrust of the palefaces, my teeth chattering from the chilly ride, I crept noiselessly in my soft moccasins along the narrow hall, keeping very close to the bare wall.
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The fall through leafy branches and the dizzy heights; the snakes that struck at me as I dodged and leaped away in chattering flight; the wild dogs that hunted me across the open spaces to the timber -- these were terrors concrete and actual, happenings and not imaginings, things of the living flesh and of sweat and blood.
Chapter I 1906
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Such a charivari as ensued, for just as my tugs at the alarm-bell began to take effect, the clock struck twelve, and the waits set up outside my window in quavering tones, with their teeth chattering from the cold, an old-fashioned lilt.
A Christmas Cake in Four Quarters Mary Anne 1871
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There's an easy way to stop your wipers 'chattering' - but do it with care
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There's an easy way to stop your wipers 'chattering' - but do it with care
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Rob MacGregor 2010
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The response seemed to be generally positive from the online community, but the idea of chattering newspapers frightens me.
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This he sums up as a simple question: "what is behind the opinions and attitudes of what are called the chattering classes?"
Archive 2007-07-01 Richard 2007
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