Noun
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the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
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the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
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noisy talk
- yakety yak
Verb
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make noise as if chattering away
"The magpies were chattering in the trees"
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speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- tittle tattle -
talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
- chew the fat - shoot the breeze - chit chat -
cut unevenly with a chattering tool
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click repeatedly or uncontrollably
"Chattering teeth"