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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Chatter \Chat"ter\, v. t.
   To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly.

         Begin his witless note apace to chatter. --Spenser.

Chatter \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.

資料來源 : WordNet®

chatter
     n 1: noisy talk [syn: {yak}, {yack}, {yakety-yak}, {cackle}]
     2: the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
        [syn: {chattering}]
     3: the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or
        monkeys) [syn: {chattering}]
     v 1: click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth" [syn:
           {click}]
     2: cut unevenly with a chattering tool
     3: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
        men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
        [syn: {chew the fat}, {shoot the breeze}, {chat}, {confabulate},
         {confab}, {chitchat}, {chaffer}, {natter}, {gossip}, {jaw},
         {claver}, {visit}]
     4: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
        [syn: {piffle}, {palaver}, {prate}, {tittle-tattle}, {twaddle},
         {clack}, {maunder}, {prattle}, {blab}, {gibber}, {tattle},
         {blabber}, {gabble}]
     5: make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were
        chattering in the trees"