The meaning of Chatter

verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday

noun

(of a flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound.

Usage examples:

The shallow river babbled over smooth rocks

combining form

Forming nouns denoting confusing or pretentious jargon, especially that characteristic of a particular field or group.

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Psychobabble

noun

The action or fact of talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

The constant babbling of the kids

adjective

Talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

The noise of babbling tourists

verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

She began blathering on about spirituality and life after death

noun

Long-winded talk with no real substance.

Usage examples:

All the blather coming out of washington about crime

noun

The action of talking long-windedly without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

Now stop your blathering and get back to work

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

She began blathering on about spirituality and life after death

verb

Present participle of blather

Usage examples:

What on earth are you blathering on about?, stop blathering, woman!

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

There's plenty of stuff i could blether about from today

noun

Long-winded talk with no real substance.

Usage examples:

Some stupid blether about puns surrounding the beatles

noun

→  blather informal

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

There's plenty of stuff i could blether about from today

noun

Long-winded talk with no real substance.

Usage examples:

Some stupid blether about puns surrounding the beatles

noun

Long-winded talk with no real substance.

Usage examples:

Some stupid blether about puns surrounding the beatles

verb

Talk in a friendly and informal way.

Usage examples:

She chatted to her mother on the phone every day

noun

An informal conversation.

Usage examples:

He dropped in for a chat

noun

A small old world songbird of the thrush family, with black, white, and brown coloration and a harsh call.

Usage examples:

Old world warblers and chats are an excellent representative system to test these hypotheses.

noun

Informal conversation about matters that are not important

Usage examples:

"what did you talk about?" "oh, it was just chit-chat.", we were just chit-chatting about this and …

verb

Share or exchange information, news, or ideas.

Usage examples:

The prisoner was forbidden to communicate with his family

verb

Transfer to another

verb

To give messages or information to others through speech, writing, body movements, or signals

Usage examples:

[ t ] she said we should communicate our requests in writing rather than over the telephone., [ i ]…

noun

A talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged.

Usage examples:

She picked up the phone and held a conversation in french

noun

An informal, usually private, talk in which two or more people exchange thoughts, feelings, or ideas, or in which news or information is given or discussed

Usage examples:

[ c ] we had a brief conversation friday., [ u ] the topic of conversation was college plans., he r…

noun

A discussion with someone about a particular subject

Usage examples:

Have a conversation we believe the company has the resources it needs, but if more is needed, we'll…

adjective

Speaking rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock.

Usage examples:

A gibbering idiot

verb

Speak rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock.

Usage examples:

They shrieked and gibbered as flames surrounded them

adjective

Speaking quickly in a way that cannot be understood, usually when you are very frightened or confused

Usage examples:

Gibbering idiot i stood there like a gibbering idiot., he threw himself in a gibbering heap upon th…

phrasal verb

Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

phrasal verb

To continue

Usage examples:

I won’t go on working in this job forever., go on, tell me what happened next., he could go on and …

collocation

To talk about something for a long time, often in an annoying way

Usage examples:

Everyone at school keeps going on about how amazing she is., he used to go on about what a wonderfu…

noun

Casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true.

Usage examples:

He became the subject of much local gossip

verb

Engage in gossip.

Usage examples:

They would start gossiping about her as soon as she left

verb

Light informal conversation for social occasions

verb

Talk in a rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

He jabbered on about football

noun

Rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible speech.

Usage examples:

Now, if you're going to fight me, stop the jibber jabber and let's get started!

verb

To speak or say something quickly in a way that is difficult to understand

Usage examples:

Jay was jabbering on about this and that.

verb

Talk in a rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

He jabbered on about football

noun

Rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible speech.

Usage examples:

Now, if you're going to fight me, stop the jibber jabber and let's get started!

noun

Rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible speech.

Usage examples:

Now, if you're going to fight me, stop the jibber jabber and let's get started!

verb

Talk foolishly or at tedious length about something.

Usage examples:

I heard him prate on for at least an hour and a half

verb

To talk stupidly, or about things that are not important, for a long time

Usage examples:

Inevitably there's some caller prating on about the decline in moral standards.

verb

Talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way.

Usage examples:

She began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist

noun

Foolish or inconsequential talk.

Usage examples:

Do you intend to keep up this childish prattle?

verb

To talk in a silly way or like a child for a long time about things that are not important or without saying anything important

Usage examples:

She'd have prattled on about her new job for the whole afternoon if i'd let her., stop your prattli…

verb

Talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way.

Usage examples:

She began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist

noun

Foolish or inconsequential talk.

Usage examples:

Do you intend to keep up this childish prattle?

verb

Present participle of prattle

Usage examples:

She'd have prattled on about her new job for the whole afternoon if i'd let her., stop your prattli…

adjective

(of writing or speech) lengthy and confused or inconsequential.

Usage examples:

A rambling six-hour speech

noun

The activity of walking in the countryside for pleasure.

Usage examples:

A rambling club

verb

Walk for pleasure in the countryside.

Usage examples:

I spent most of my spare time rambling and climbing

phrasal verb

Continue without stopping; go on longer than is expected.

Usage examples:

The story ran on for months

phrasal verb

(of a person's mind or a discussion) be preoccupied or concerned with a particular subject.

Usage examples:

My thoughts always ran too much on death

phrasal verb

Continue on the same line as the preceding matter.

Usage examples:

I think you'll be pleased at the look of the poems - they're arranged so that none of the lines run…

verb

Say something in order to convey information or to express a feeling.

Usage examples:

In his agitation he was unable to speak

combining form

Forming nouns denoting a manner of speaking, characteristic of a specified field or group.

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Technospeak

verb

Speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; converse or communicate by spoken words.

Usage examples:

The two men talked

noun

Communication by spoken words; conversation or discussion.

Usage examples:

There was a slight but noticeable lull in the talk

noun

Talk about other people's lives that is usually unkind, disapproving, or not true