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 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 Diners chattered away and ate at the restaurant while wedding guests gathered on the dance floor. — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chattered
  1. chatted
  2. shouted
  3. talked
  4. drooled
  5. conversed
  6. babbled
  7. sputtered
  8. rattled
Verb
  • Burke talked about food, read viewer comments, and occasionally chatted with the girl next to him.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • On the pod, Thiele has chatted with big names like Kendall Jenner, Connor Storrie and Hailey Bieber.
    — Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of chatted
Verb
  • Marisa Ansaldo had collapsed and someone had shouted out to call an ambulance.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
  • As for other mentors in the music industry, Thomas, who won his first three Grammys earlier in 2026, also shouted out Ty Dolla $ign.
    — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of shouted
Verb
  • Merzel tossed him and Sale said something to crew chief Dan Bellino as the two talked near the dugout rail.
    — Larry Fleisher, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The latest venture from Soho House founder Nick Jones, the restaurant has quickly become one of the area’s most talked-about new openings, so reservations are recommended.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of talked
Verb
  • 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
  • Fighter Josh Hokit drooled at the weigh-in in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2026
Definition of drooled
Verb
  • For a moment, two referees from the Falcons’ seventh training camp practice looked at each other, conversed and truly didn’t know what to rule.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • But today’s linguistic diversity may be only the shadow of a time when humans conversed in 10 times as many tongues.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 23 July 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
  • Oil prices fell Monday even as diplomatic efforts to end the US-Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz sputtered.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The redshirt junior signal caller sputtered to start the first half of 2025, but by November, Manning was one of the best quarterbacks in the country and should carry that over into this year.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of sputtered
Verb
  • At his news conference last week, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh rattled markets by being unnecessarily opaque.
    — Anil Kashyap, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The skies of Oklahoma City roared for six months in 1964 as military aircraft intentionally rattled the population below with a daily barrage of thunderous sonic booms.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of rattled

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