Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Chattering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters.
--Wordsworth.
2. To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to
jabber; to prate.
To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue.
--Shak.
3. To make a noise by rapid collisions.
With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.
--Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chattering \Chat"ter*ing\, n.
The act or habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of making
inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the
collision of the teeth; chatter.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chattering
adj : engaged in making a rapid repetitive noise resembling
speech; "the chattering sparrows"
n 1: the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
[syn: {chatter}]
2: the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or
monkeys) [syn: {chatter}]
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