Chatter

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): (n.) Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.

(2): (n.) Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle.

(3): (v. i.) To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.

(4): (v. i.) To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate.

(5): (v. i.) To make a noise by rapid collisions.

(6): (v. t.) To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly.

King James Dictionary [2]

Chatter See Chat.

1. To utter sounds rapidly and indistinctly, as a magpie, or a monkey. 2. To make a noise by collision of the teeth. We say, the teeth chatter, when one is chilly and shivering. 3. To talk idly, carelessly or rapidly to jabber.

CHATTER, n. Sounds like those of a pie or monkey idle talk.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]

chat´ẽr ( צפף , cāphaph ): This word, which means to "peep," "twitter" or "chirp," as small birds do, is translated "chatter" only in  Isaiah 38:14 , "Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter." See Chirp .

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