To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters. Wordsworth.
To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate. To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue. Shak.
To make a noise by rapid collisions. With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright. Dryden.
To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly. Begin his witless note apace to chatter. Spenser.
Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle. Your words are but idle and empty chatter. Longfellow.
Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.
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