natter 1 of 2

chiefly British

natter

2 of 2

verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of natter
Noun
George Seaton, the Academy president, natters on about the 50th birthday of film, and the worldwide context of the current films, a tacit dig at TV. Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025 Ask me for something to watch — and listen to me natter on for much too long, leaping from one title to another. Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2022 Francis and the driver natter away in unsubtitled Romanian, of which Julie does not understand a word. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 21 Jan. 2022 Instead, Trump natters about video games and mental health — neither of which Congress will do anything about, either. Eugene Robinson, The Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2019
Verb
In this perp’s youth, a seemingly nascent case of schizophrenia was exacerbated by habitual LSD use and the yellow nattering Thronglets, which convinced him that their chirping contains a cryptic, apocalyptic message. Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025 If this accretion of celebrations of her Adria-ness seemed, individually, like nattering reminders of her time running short, the sheer mass of want for her presence pleased her. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025 Its protagonist struggles to raise a mutant creature while also dealing with nattering in-laws and a mundane job. David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2025 Its members have nattered on endlessly about their responsibility to safeguard the taxpayers’ money. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024 All those nattering nabobs of negativism in the press were certainly guaranteed to give this speech the back of the hand, right? Jamie Dupree, AJC.com, 31 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for natter
Noun
  • The Sales Business’ Challenges In the roaring 1990s, the heyday of pre-sales and output deals, Patrick Wachsberger was able to cover 125% of a budget via bank finance and pre-sales, or so interviewer Roeg Sutherland in a warm humored chat.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
  • No Twitch account to even try to gift him or the chat!
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Take it by talking with your doctor.
    Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There has been much chatter about possible collaborators for the upcoming album.
    Caché McClay, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
  • There is always chatter about these type of things, but this one is unlikely to lead to anything as of now.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Students should be encouraged to converse with their AI tutor without fear of ridicule for asking questions in class.
    Steve Grubbs, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • As the dog show continued, the deputies and Argo stayed by the sheriff’s Volunteer Patrol station to converse with attendees.
    Maureen Robertson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Natter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/natter. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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