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Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

To talk much and idly; to chatter. Trench.

The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use.

To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip. Shak. To chat a while on their adventures. Dryden.

To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate. To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue. Shak.

A prater; an idle talker.

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.

The quality of being chatty, or of talking easily and pleasantly.

Given to light, familiar talk; talkative. Lady M. W. Montagu.

Lively; cheerful; talkative. [U. S.]

Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.

Continual or importunate talk; prattle; prating. Whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack. South. Clack box (Mach.), the box or chamber in which a clack valve works. -- Clack dish, a dish with a movable lid, formerly carried by beggars, who clacked the lid to attract notice. Shak. Clack door (Mining), remova…

To talk noisily; to chatter loudly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue. I see thou dost but clatter. Spenser.

Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chattering. [Scot. & North of Eng.] Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers. Thackeray.

esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members. They talked At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics. Tennyson. He [Goldsmith] was one of the nine original members of that celebrated fraternity which has sometimes been called the Literary Club, but which has always disclaimed that epi…

To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief. [Archaic or Colloq.] Pray go in; and, sister, salve the matter, Collogue with her again, and all shall be well. Greene. He had been colloguing with my wife. Thackeray.

A remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk. Their lavish comment when her name was named. Tennyson.

pound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk. -- Compound microscope. See Microscope. -- Compound motion. See Motion. -- Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.; -- called also denominate number.…

Familiar talk or conversation. [Colloq.]