natter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb talk socially without exchanging too much information
    shoot the breeze; chit-chat; chew the fat; confab; chitchat; jaw; claver; visit; chaffer; chat; gossip; chatter; confabulate.
    • the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze

WordNet

Nat"ter intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Icel. knetta to grumble.
Definitions
  1. To find fault; to be peevish. Prov. Eng. or Scot.

Webster 1913