1
as in chat
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
pleasant chatter over morning coffee
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2
as in noise
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
the chatter of the ship's engine kept us awake all night
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1
as in to chat
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
chattered idly while waiting in line
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as in to babble
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
the parrot chatters all day
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Recent Examples of chatter
Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 17 May 2025
There’s already chatter about who will win the next Ballon d’Or—of which the champion is widely considered the best—in over five months.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
There are no talking heads, just a succession of fleeting landscape images, overlaid with chattering voices and text, set to a thrumming soundtrack.
—Mustafah Abdulaziz, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Here in Base Camp, the chatter amongst expedition leaders is about the traffic jams and conga lines that will soon appear on the mountain.
—Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 17 May 2025
There’s already chatter about who will win the next Ballon d’Or—of which the champion is widely considered the best—in over five months.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Verb
Amid the chattering crowds and drum beats, a boy chased his father around the corner of the plaza.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
There are no talking heads, just a succession of fleeting landscape images, overlaid with chattering voices and text, set to a thrumming soundtrack.
—Mustafah Abdulaziz, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatter
Noun
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The details were relayed in two chat groups that included Hegseth - one with Vice President JD Vance and other high-ranking officials, and a second one that included Hegseth's wife, who is not employed by the government.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
7 June 2025
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The chat was organized by Michael Waltz, whom Trump later removed as national security adviser.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 June 2025
Noun
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From the Guentzel, Burns and (both) Rantanen trades, to the signing of Orlov and the blockbuster deal that started it all — Elias Lindholm and Noah Hanifin to Calgary for Dougie Hamilton, Micheal Ferland and Adam Fox — Carolina isn’t afraid to make noise.—
Cory Lavalette,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Things are going to get crazy, eliminate the noise.—
Tim Willert,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
Verb
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This is a poor day to talk to parents, bosses, authority figures and the police about anything important.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
7 June 2025
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At one point, Chris Rock’s character, Rufus, is talking to Bethany about the difference between having a belief and having an idea.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
7 June 2025
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Yet the sequel also arrived the year after the first election of Donald Trump, a figure seemingly drawn from Lynch’s menagerie of babbling weirdos.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2025
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Billy, born in a television episode airing this spring, quietly babbles as Sedona, 4 and precocious, manages her younger brother Liam, 2.—
Hunter Harris,
Vulture,
5 May 2025
Noun
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Costco members on a Reddit page devoted to Costco gossip also sounded off about the new drink.—
Peter Burke,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2025
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors The 78th Tony Awards are here, celebrating the best Broadway has to offer.—
Jeremy Hanna,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
Noun
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The crowd, which had already grown hostile to Ernst's tone, erupted in roars of disapproval.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
31 May 2025
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There’s something magical about a waterfall — the roar of rushing water fueled by snowmelt, the cooling mist, and lush vegetation thriving around it.—
Jennifer Broome,
Denver Post,
20 May 2025
Verb
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The images are presented in both individual and paired compositions and, in the short films, Bottega Veneta artisans converse with Chase-Riboud, Hutton, Thanaerng, and Lau.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
29 May 2025
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By touching a button, users can open a box to converse with an A.I. assistant that can review and answer questions about the information on a website.—
Tripp Mickle,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
Verb
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The result is an entirely incoherent crime thriller that features gangsters prattling on about the self and the ego and the soul and then occasionally wandering into an entirely different scene where other gangsters are prattling on about the same thing.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
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One half of a pair of young twins prattles on incessantly about some sci-fi arcana while the boy’s bored-looking mother and his quieter brother tune him out.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2025
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“Chatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatter. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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