as in chatted
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
could sit for hours nattering about nothing
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Additionally, business passengers tend to be low maintenance, at least according to an Alaska Airlines flight attendant who chatted with T+L via email.—
Joey Skladany,
Travel + Leisure,
15 May 2026 -
Staffers in the front office smoked, gabbed on the phone, and chatted with the illustrators and couriers stopping by the third-floor walk-up to drop off portfolios.—
Anne Kadet,
Curbed,
15 May 2026
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Maisey, played by the phenomenal Lark White, is Black, and her shy adoptive father, Wayne (Ben Beckley), has never talked to her about her birth parents or even about race.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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At many such events in the past, people seated near me have talked throughout the concert.—
Maggie Penman,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
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Dame Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington, Karen Elson, Karlie Kloss, and Donatella Versace conversed in front of a Rothko, estimated at $80 million.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
30 Apr. 2026
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Reunions everywhere For almost an hour before the teams squared off, Warriors guard Pat Spencer sat next to and conversed with his younger brother Cam, a shooting guard on the Grizzlies.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Nattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nattered. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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