chattering Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
    chatter.
  2. noun the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
    chatter.
  3. verb click repeatedly or uncontrollably
    chatter; click.
    • Chattering teeth
  4. verb cut unevenly with a chattering tool
    chatter.
  5. verb talk socially without exchanging too much information
    shoot the breeze; chit-chat; chew the fat; confab; chitchat; jaw; claver; visit; chaffer; chat; natter; gossip; chatter; confabulate.
    • the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
  6. verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
    prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
  7. verb make noise as if chattering away
    chatter.
    • The magpies were chattering in the trees

WordNet

Chat"ter*ing noun
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913