chatter

Definition

  • verb: to talk in a quick or casual way
  • verb: to utter rapid short sounds suggestive of language but inarticulate and indistinct
  • synonyms: jabber, prate, prattle

Examples

  • He couldn't stand their endless 'chatter' [='prattle'] about celebrities and movies.

  • He was 'chattering' [='jabbering'] away on a cell phone.

  • Children 'chattered' in the middle of the playground.

Movie quotes

  • (..) (gasping, groaning) Okay, this is a set of human remains in the process of tissue removal by dermestid beetle. (groaning, chattering) Maybe we don't... use the visuals. (chuckles) Normally, I'd be doing a digital reconstruction. (..)
    2016 TvShow: Bones Title: The Movie in the Making Season: 11 Episode 18
  • (..) you to check each batch! - If it's not a string. - Sure, Doc. We'd better feed them a pre-digestive next time. Damn, cut the chatter! Hold him! I'm trying to! Or he'll have to drug the hay. Well, hold him still! Stop! (..)
    1989 Dva lidi v zoo
  • (..) - Honey. Ah, I missed you. How's little Natasha, huh? She is... ...Nathaniel. Traitor. (chatter) - Somebody's getting bigger, huh? - Somebody's getting excited to have a new baby brother. - (chatter continues) Thor. I saw something in that dream. I need answers. I won't find them here. (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron