CHATTERED

Verb

chattered

simple past tense and past participle of chatter

Anagrams

• ratcheted

Source: Wiktionary


CHATTER

Chat"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Chattering.] Etym: [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.

Chat"ter, v. t.

Definition: To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly. Begin his witless note apace to chatter. Spenser.

Chat"ter, n.

1. Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle. Your words are but idle and empty chatter. Longfellow.

2. Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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