From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chatter \Chat"ter\, n.
1. Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid,
thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle.
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Your words are but idle and empty chatter.
--Longfellow.
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2. Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chatter \Chat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chattered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Chattering.] [Of imitative origin. Cf. Chat, v. i.
Chitter.]
1. To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are
inarticulate and indistinct.
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The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters.
--Wordsworth.
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2. To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to
jabber; to prate.
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To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue.
--Shak.
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3. To make a noise by rapid collisions.
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With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.
--Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chatter \Chat"ter\, v. t.
To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly.
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Begin his witless note apace to chatter. --Spenser.
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