chattered

verb

past tense of chatter
1
as in chatted
to engage in casual or rambling conversation chattered idly while waiting in line

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

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Recent Examples of chattered Some raved about the experience to those in line while others chattered among themselves about their thoughts. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026 As the courtroom cleared, a jumble of spectators and journalists chattered about the whiplash. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 Around the family, people shared takeout dinners, swung on hammocks and chattered. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026 The youthful musicians chattered away like creatures of the Transylvanian night. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 Vuvuzelas honked like a chorus of drunk geese, and spectators chattered excitedly. — Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 14 June 2026 The two lovebirds chattered on happily about the book. — Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026 Clancy then walked in from behind the stage, carrying a bouquet of flowers as the students chattered. — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025 As the girl and other students finished their worksheets, other pre-K children chattered on the carpet and read books in English and Spanish. — Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chattered
  1. chatted
  2. shouted
  3. talked
  4. drooled
  5. conversed
  6. babbled
  7. sputtered
  8. rattled
Verb
  • Attendees chatted and celebrated another successful season with Silvia Prada behind the DJ booth.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • During pre-show cocktails in the Grand Tier Bar, Sigourney Weaver chatted with Frances McDormand as Katie Holmes arrived with her artist beau, Jason Bard Yarmosky.
    — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of chatted
Verb
  • Another customer shouted out the Peppercorn Steak Market meal kit offered by the store.
    — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Carbone shouted out to the crowd from The Grill’s balcony in a Tom Ford tuxedo.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of shouted
Verb
  • But after returning to Kansas City following that second interview in the Windy City, Matthews talked with then-Royals owner Ewing Kauffman.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Read Cep’s Profile of Kingsolver » Our editors and critics choose the most captivating, notable, brilliant, surprising, absorbing, weird, thought-provoking, and talked-about books.
    — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of talked
Verb
  • Who had broken a wrist on the back-yard flagstones, drooled cherry medicine down her sleeping face on the car ride back from the hospital.
    — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • For Valentine's Day 2026, the retailer released a confetti glass icon candle that shoppers drooled over.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2026
Definition of drooled
Verb
  • Essential California checked out the trials, tested airport counters, walked through the terminal’s new gates and conversed with excited passengers looking forward to their next flight out of Burbank.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Hemingway commended Salinger, then a twenty-five-year-old staff sergeant, on his short stories, and the two conversed for hours.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of conversed
Verb
  • But Bhatta was hypothermic and occasionally babbled gibberish.
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
  • As Lindell babbled on about baseless conspiracy theories involving voting in De Baraso’s home state of Georgia, the 12-year-old shut him down.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
Definition of babbled
Verb
  • The Current sputtered out of the World Cup break, gathering two wins, four draws and four losses while Chawinga was out of the lineup.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2026
  • As the lethal dose of the sedative pentobarbital began flowing, Ramey took a deep breath, sputtered and began snoring.
    — MICHAEL GRACZYK, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of sputtered
Verb
  • Rebecca Noble/Reuters Hiring grew much less than expected in September as a monthslong surge of inflation weighed on shoppers and rattled bond markets, according to the federal government's monthly jobs report.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • More swings in the bond market rattled stock markets around the world on Thursday.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of rattled

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“Chattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chattered. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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