chatter

From Wiktionary

Pronunciation[change]

Noun[change]

Singular
chatter

Plural
none

  1. A chatter is a meaningless or unimportant talk.

Verb[change]

Plain form
chatter

Third-person singular
chatters

Past tense
chattered

Past participle
chattered

Present participle
chattering

  1. (transitive) If you chatter, you talk about anything that is not important.
    They knitted and chattered the whole time.
  2. If a machine chatters, it is making multiple high-pitch sounds rapidly.