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[ verb ] speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Used in print (Mary Savage, Just for Tonight....)Birds chirped and chattered in the trees and the sun , all dewy-eyed and soft , caressed her shoulders warmly from_time_to_time . |
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[ verb ] cut unevenly with a chattering tool
Used in print (Hal Kelly, "Build Hotei"...)It 's good for cutting all the planking because it cuts with a bit-like blade at high rpm and does not chatter the plywood like a saber saw . Related terms |
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[ verb ] talk socially without exchanging too much information
Examples "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" Used in print (Ann Ritner, Seize a Nettle....)Maggie was looking much happier already , clearing a space on the table and chattering about how she could put_up a typewriter right_there , and be brushing_up on her typing so Eugenia would n't be ashamed of_it . |
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[ verb ] make noise as if chattering away
Examples : "The magpies were chattering in the trees" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
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[ noun ] the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
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