CHATTER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Meaning of chatter in English
chatter verb [I]
(TALK/NOISE )
talk A group of men were talking in the street. speak Could I speak to you privately? say I couldn't hear what they were saying. chat We were just chatting about the party. have a chat We had a little chat over the garden wall. chatter They spent the morning chattering away.
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chatter verb [I]
(TEETH )
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(Definition of chatter from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
Examples of chatter
chatter
I tried to listen carefully to his argument, but now he seems to want to spend the whole of the time chattering.
What is attractive is the drama, which can promptly attract an audience; a drawing-room or a living-room audience, perhaps chattering away.
He was blunt and almost unkind about what he called the "chattering classes".
Frankly, it has not been helped by the way in which the chattering classes have reported it.
The fact that such products are being sold means that there is greater interest in food, by and large among the chattering classes.
People have been chattering for years about that but all to no avail.
Objections and criticisms were rejected, on the basis that they were no more than dinner table talk at the soirees of the chattering classes.
What we have is a war between the political classes, with members of the chattering classes starting to score points off one another.
I wonder how many citizens in our respective constituencies are busy chattering about it?
The chattering classes are trying to implement changes without any real support from the public.
People are chattering about dropping the flat rate for fish.
I believe that its parents are, first the chattering classes and, secondly, the spin doctors.
He sits and chatters in a high voice.
Until recently, it could have been said that freedom of information was a matter for the chattering classes.
They were chattering about the advantages of retirement.
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Translations of chatter
in Chinese (Traditional)
談話／嘈音, 嘮叨, 喋喋不休…
in Chinese (Simplified)
谈话／嘈音, 唠叨, 喋喋不休…
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parlotear, cháchara, castañetear…
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jogar conversa fora, ter conversa fiada, conversa fiada…
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くだらないことをしゃべる, くだらないおしゃべり, 歯（は）をガチガチ鳴（な）らす…
gevezelik etmek, durmaksızın konuşmak, çene çalmak…
claquer, jacasser, bavarder…
xerrar, garlar, xerrameca…
babbelen, klapperen, gebabbel…
knævre løs, klapre, knævren løs…
schwatzen, klappern, das Geschwätz…
hakke tenner, skravle, plapre…
щебетати, цокотіти, клацати…
brebentit, štěbetat, jektat (zuby)…
mengoceh, gemeletuk, ocehan…
พูดพล่าม, กระทบกันเมื่อรู้สึกหนาว, การพูดเรื่อยเปื่อย…
nói huyên thuyên, tiếng lập cập, sự nói huyên thuyên…
nawijać, paplać, szczękać…
chiacchierare, chiacchiere, ciarle…
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