chatter
English
/ˈtʃætə/, /ˈtʃætɚ/
noun
Definitions
- Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
- The sound of talking.
- The sound made by a magpie.
- An intermittent noise, as from vibration.
- In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English chateren.
Origin
Middle English
chateren
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antichatter English
- box English
- chat English
- chatteration English
- chatterbot English
- chatterbox English
- chatterer English
- chatterest English
- chattereth English
- chatterish English
- chattersome English
- chattery English
- schateren Dutch, Flemish
- schaterlachen Dutch, Flemish
- chateren Middle English
- schateren Middle Dutch