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

  • (..) to all of you about it. Who here's been in a helo crash before? OK, then we're all good. We've just crossed the border, now entering Pakistan. Pakistani comms, no chatter. Should be coming up just off our nose, eleven o'clock. Stay tight. Three seconds. Hey! Slide right! Slide right! (..)
    2012 Zero Dark Thirty