Chatter: Definition and part of speech

Chatter

  1. n. Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.
  2. v. i. To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
  3. v. i. To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate.
  4. v. i. To make a noise by rapid collisions.
  5. v. t. To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly.
  6. n. Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle.
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chatterer: Definition and part of speech

Chatterer

  1. n. A bird of the family Ampelidae — 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.
  2. n. A prater; an idle talker.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chat: Definition and part of speech

Chat

  1. n. Small stones with ore.
  2. v. i. To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.
  3. v. t. To talk of.
  4. n. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
  5. n. A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (I. viridis), and the long-tailed chat (I. longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidae, as the stonechat, and whinchat.
  6. n. A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.