nattered

verb

past tense of natter
as in chatted
to engage in casual or rambling conversation could sit for hours nattering about nothing

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Recent Examples of nattered The prospect of spending the rest of her life with a man who nattered on about yield curves filled her with despair. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nattered
  1. chatted
  2. talked
  3. conversed
Verb
  • Deputies and politicos chatted over festive music while the local news played silently on a big screen at El Pescador Bar and Grill in Carson, which served as Luna’s campaign headquarters on Tuesday.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Her husband, Tracy Letts, chatted intimately with her TV husband, Morgan Spector, wearing matching Margiela with his real-life wife, Rebecca Hall.
    — The Editors, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of chatted
Verb
  • Nevada and his parents are Black, as is the official who talked to police, according to footage of the incident.
    — Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Negating the new map On the trail, Jeffries and Garcia talked less about their relationship.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of talked
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

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“Nattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nattered. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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