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as in chat
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
pleasant chatter over morning coffee
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as in noise
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
the chatter of the ship's engine kept us awake all night
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1
as in to chat
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
chattered idly while waiting in line
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as in to babble
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
the parrot chatters all day
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Recent Examples of chatter
Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Sep. 2025
There's already chatter, in the aftermath of Sunday's win over the Jets, that the all-in Steelers could go even more all-in by making a move for Hill.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Sophie Levenson, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
There is almost nothing better on TV right now than watching a gaggle of chattering women in big dresses and even bigger hats and thinking, Ah, something meaningful is about to happen.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 July 2025
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Noun
The Bronx producer and rapper took to X with an update that seemingly shuts down the chatter.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Sep. 2025
There's already chatter, in the aftermath of Sunday's win over the Jets, that the all-in Steelers could go even more all-in by making a move for Hill.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
Families chattered in the waiting area, volunteers asked shoppers their preferences and Judy Freebus, speaking Russian, was engaged in a bilingual conversation with an elderly Ukrainian woman at the check-in station.
—Sophie Levenson, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
There is almost nothing better on TV right now than watching a gaggle of chattering women in big dresses and even bigger hats and thinking, Ah, something meaningful is about to happen.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatter
Noun
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In the aftermath, authorities retrieved thousands of chat logs linked to Gendron off of Discord, which were written in the form of an online diary and dated over a stretch of several months.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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Jain also confirmed that Garcia's testimony is accurate and only her legal team can currently access Sewell's last chats.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Additionally, pollution accumulation and vessel noise disrupt their echolocation abilities, making hunting increasingly difficult.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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This helps to break through the noise and build credibility.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Schweigert emphasized the importance of talking slowly, before sending participants back to the breakrooms to reintroduce themselves with a more deliberate pace.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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When Zuckerberg started talking, Boz's glasses began displaying subtitles.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Guests walk by a babbling water feature on their way to the entrance of the circular building.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Sixth Avenue was a racket: sirens, babbling tourists, the scraping of a woman’s walker.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Read on for some of the convention’s biggest talking points and off-stage gossip.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Netflix breakout hit, Bridgerton, is another Regency drama, one that follows the siblings of the prominent Bridgerton family, whose lives are frequently the subject of the anonymous gossip columnist, Lady Whistledown.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Not with a whimper but with a siren wail that long ago converted to white noise in our collective hearing; a global tinnitus like the hum of a fridge; the quiet roar of the Greenland ice sheet slipping into the Musk Ocean.—
Reuven Perlman,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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There are more and more people on the other side of the glass, the sound like a sea’s roar outside.—
Sara Stridsberg
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Students should be encouraged to converse with their AI tutor without fear of ridicule for asking questions in class.—
Steve Grubbs,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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As the dog show continued, the deputies and Argo stayed by the sheriff’s Volunteer Patrol station to converse with attendees.—
Maureen Robertson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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The result is an entirely incoherent crime thriller that features gangsters prattling on about the self and the ego and the soul and then occasionally wandering into an entirely different scene where other gangsters are prattling on about the same thing.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
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One half of a pair of young twins prattles on incessantly about some sci-fi arcana while the boy’s bored-looking mother and his quieter brother tune him out.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2025
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“Chatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatter. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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