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chatter 1 of 2

noun

Definition of chatternext
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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chatter

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verb

ˈcha-tər How to pronounce chatter (audio)
1
as in to chat
to engage in casual or rambling conversation chattered idly while waiting in line

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2
as in to babble
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly the parrot chatters all day

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Recent Examples of chatter
Noun
The online chatter, however, took a toll on the Practical Magic 2 actress. — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 16 Sep. 2026 But on a warm Thursday evening, that fear was gone, replaced by the roar of taproom chatter over cold draft pints. — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
If Hollywood is quick to take a bite out of an injured party, the town’s Mandarins and chattering classes are equally swift to offer advice, solicited or not. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026 Around the family, people shared takeout dinners, swung on hammocks and chattered. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for chatter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatter
  1. chat
  2. noise
  3. talk
  4. babble
  5. gossip
  6. roar
  7. converse
  8. prattle
Noun
  • Outraged attendees who were joined by Zoom began flooding the chat with comments that were read aloud for the in-person group to hear.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • All that happened autonomously because the contact information was already stored in Muse from earlier chats, in the agent's memory, and an OpenTable connector was already set up when initially signing up with Muse.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of chat
Noun
  • Instead of focusing only on reducing noise, officials could also pay more attention to the kinds of sounds people hear, including natural ones such as birdsong.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • This achievement marks the starting point for a new era of antiproton precision measurements 8,12 in dedicated low-noise offline laboratory environments.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of noise
Verb
  • And Newfies talked their own way, in peculiar accents from district to district.
    — Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Plenty of junior aides know things, and plenty of people who talk to people who work in the White House or work in a government agency know things.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of talk
Verb
  • The kids are drawing slowly with chalk and babbling to each other.
    — Miranda Rake, Parents, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The surrounding 23 acres the estate sits on are full of trails ripe for exploring, too, and take visitors past historic stone walls, cemeteries, and babbling brooks.
    — Blair West, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of babble
Noun
  • Earlier in the year, gossip columnist Rob Shuter revealed that the ceremony was a gift from billionaire family friends with close connections to Anderson.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Barone and Alwyn went out for an evening together, with the gossip account DeuxMoi posting the two hanging out until late at night.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of gossip
Noun
  • Finally, the structure crumbled in a roar of broken concrete and a cloud of dust.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The unsentimental roar is, of course, a translation of Chekhov’s saws, and a good one at that.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of roar
Verb
  • Green was more upbeat after conversing with Young throughout the day.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Curved Sections for Easier Conversations Sectionals are great for allowing multiple guests to have a place to sit and converse with one another.
    — Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of converse
Verb
  • Luckily, we will no longer be inundated with responses from these prevalent LLMs that prattle on about mythical creatures.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 May 2026
  • Bazzana would prattle on about his cage work, his posture and his attack angle.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of prattle

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“Chatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatter. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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