chattering Definition

chatter
verb, intr chattered, chattering

1. To talk rapidly and unceasingly, usually about trivial matters.

Thesaurus: gab, gossip, chat, babble, blather, jabber, prate, prattle, natter.
2. Said of the teeth: to keep clicking together as a result of cold or fear.
3. Said eg of monkeys or birds: to make rapid continuous high-pitched noises.

noun

1. A sound similar to this.
2. Idle talk or gossip.

Thesaurus: small talk, gossip, chitchat, babbling.

Derivative: chatterer
noun

Etymology: 13c: imitating the sound.