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noun

plural of chatter
as in noises
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound the chatter of the ship's engine kept us awake all night

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chatters

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verb

present tense third-person singular of chatter
1
as in chats
to engage in casual or rambling conversation chattered idly while waiting in line

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

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Recent Examples of chatters
Noun
Sustained support from the strings gives way to watery ripples and busy chatters, with piquant harmonic implications. — Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026 Since then, there have been chatters about a revival of GQ China, with some claiming that Jonathan Newhouse personally intervened to improve the relationship between Condé Nast and the Chinese authorities, hoping for a new permit. — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026 Early impressions from frequent chatters decry the bot's more corporate, less effusively creative tone. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
As Paula finally reaches Detective Gonzalez and excitedly chatters about her wire transfer ruse, the wry officer isn’t amused. — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatters
  1. noises
  2. chats
  3. shouts
  4. roars
  5. talks
  6. babbles
  7. rattles
  8. converses
Noun
  • The training will include blank ammunition and training rounds, along with a significant presence of emergency vehicles and loud noises, police said.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • Despite his crude humor and lewd noises, this goofy guy is admittedly kind of cute.
    — Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Definition of noises
Verb
  • Some of the German Telegram chats date back to at least 2020, court documents show.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
  • Dwayne Johnson chats all things Moana during a special Q&A to promote the live-action film in Rio De Janeiro July 2.
    — Brendan Le Updated, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Definition of chats
Verb
  • That video shows three boys scrubbing the floor and walls of a room in the school with rags as Morrison shouts commands and admonishments.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 24 July 2026
  • In the background, an adult voice shouts at the bear, helping to scare the animal off.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Definition of shouts
Noun
  • Exactly 60 years after Williams’ induction speech on the steps of the Hall of Fame, Baker walked into the Hall and was greeted by the loud roars of another Boston Red Sox legend, David Ortiz.
    — Jose de Jesus Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026
  • Johnson’s first budget made the CARE pilot permanent and doubled staff positions in 2024, to roars of approval from his progressive base.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
Definition of roars
Verb
  • And the conversations between Anna and Molly, Ella and Julia (Ella’s friend and a counterpart of Molly), as well as the stammering and declaiming when Anna talks to herself, are almost always about men.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Trump later told reporters at the White House after his post on Truth Social that talks with Iran were taking place.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of talks
Verb
  • The teller babbles compulsively about past robberies, spilling details in a rush.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026
  • Esperanza speaks Spanish in a phone interview with NPR, while her 9-month-old baby coos and babbles in the background.
    — Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 17 May 2026
Definition of babbles
Noun
  • Drummer Jay Russell kept to stark rattles, Sam Shipstone patched in his scratchy electric guitar, and Ryan Needham needled through grumbling basslines.
    — Victoria Borlando, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026
  • Jigs with rattles are most productive and a big, active trailer is the way to go in muddy water.
    — David A. Brown, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
Definition of rattles
Verb
  • Entire product categories that were barely imaginable in 2020 are now weekend projects such as a tutor that converses in Mandarin, a paralegal that drafts and redlines, and a designer that produces forty variations before lunch.
    — Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Epstein converses with Summers Larry Summers, Clinton’s Treasury secretary and the director of the National Economic Council under former President Obama, corresponded with Epstein numerous times via email.
    — Max Rego, The Hill, 13 Nov. 2025
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