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The correct spelling is chatter.
How to pronounce chatter
/ˈtʃætə/
nounIPA: /ˈtʃætə/
Say it like: Cha-tte-r
The correct spelling is chatter. Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk. For example: "Proper brake adjustment will help to reduce the chatter."
Usage Examples
“Proper brake adjustment will help to reduce the chatter.”
“They knitted and chattered the whole time.”
“He was so cold that his teeth were chattering.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
- 2.The sound of talking.
- 3.The sound made by a magpie.
- 4.An intermittent noise, as from vibration.
- 5.In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
verb
- 1.To talk idly.
- 2.Of teeth, machinery, etc, to make a noise by rapid collisions.
- 3.To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
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