chatter
chatter is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate. To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue. Shak.
- 2.To make a noise by rapid collisions. With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright. Dryden.
- 3.To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly. Begin his witless note apace to chatter. Spenser.
- 4.Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle. Your words are but idle and empty chatter. Longfellow.
- 5.Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- air
- amianth
- amianthus
- annihilator
- asbestos
- attic
- benumb
- bite
- box
- brigade
- burn
- central
- chill
- congeal
- congelation
- conglaciation
- cool
- cooling
- cut
- damp
- density
- earth
- extinguish
- fan
- fire
- fireman
- flax
- flexible
- freeze
- frigorific
- frozen
- glaciate
- ice
- incombustibility
- infrigidation
- insulation
- make
- marrow
- nip
- out
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is chatter.
- What is to talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate. To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue. Shak called?
- What is to make a noise by rapid collisions. With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright. Dryden called?
- What is to utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly. Begin his witless note apace to chatter. Spenser called?
- What is sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle. Your words are but idle and empty chatter. Longfellow called?
- What is noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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