chatter

v. t. To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Begin his witless note apace to chatter. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your words are but idle and empty chatter. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or habit of chattering. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A prater; an idle talker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A bird of the family Ampelidæ -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]