as in noises
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
the chatter of the ship's engine kept us awake all night
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as in chats
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
chattered idly while waiting in line
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as in shouts
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
the parrot chatters all day
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Recent Examples of chatters
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Jan. 2026
Since then, there have been chatters about a revival of GQ China, with some claiming that Jonathan Newhouse personally intervened to improve the relationship between Condé Nast and the Chinese authorities, hoping for a new permit.
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Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
16 Jan. 2026
Early impressions from frequent chatters decry the bot's more corporate, less effusively creative tone.
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Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
8 Aug. 2025
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
Noun
Sustained support from the strings gives way to watery ripples and busy chatters, with piquant harmonic implications.
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Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Jan. 2026
Since then, there have been chatters about a revival of GQ China, with some claiming that Jonathan Newhouse personally intervened to improve the relationship between Condé Nast and the Chinese authorities, hoping for a new permit.
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Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
16 Jan. 2026
Early impressions from frequent chatters decry the bot's more corporate, less effusively creative tone.
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Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
As Paula finally reaches Detective Gonzalez and excitedly chatters about her wire transfer ruse, the wry officer isn’t amused.
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Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chatters
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Karissa Waddick Some veterans who experience post-traumatic stress related to loud noises are finding relief this year.
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Owners should desensitize pets to loud noises by playing firework sounds with positive reinforcement.
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While Yahia chats with The Star, his daughter, Hannah, takes a tray of baklava out of the oven.
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Inside the motel, Paula chats with Sky.
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If a street preacher shouts their sermon into a bullhorn on a public street, and a nearby business owner calls the police, who is in the right?
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Sirens, horns, and shouts to evacuate rang out in the West Bottoms and along Southwest Boulevard all morning, but the speed of the flooding still caught everyone off guard.
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Johnson’s first budget made the CARE pilot permanent and doubled staff positions in 2024, to roars of approval from his progressive base.
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The cheers and the roars reverberated around NRG Stadium.
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Instead, the guy talks to dead barkeeps and wields an ax more than his typewriter.
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Albert Saijo, second semester editor of Echoes, Heart Mountain high school publication, talks things over with Hisako Takehara and Alice Tanouye, first semester co-editors.
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The teller babbles compulsively about past robberies, spilling details in a rush.
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Esperanza speaks Spanish in a phone interview with NPR, while her 9-month-old baby coos and babbles in the background.
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The seeds are loose and clatter around inside the pods, giving baptisia the name rattleweed, as children once used the seedpods as rattles.
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With dresses and intimate wear for women; jewelry; personal care products; men’s wallets; baby swaddles, stuffies, rattles and teething toys; dog leashes, collars and toys; greeting cards and a wide range of home decor, the store is drawing people in.
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Epstein converses with Summers Larry Summers, Clinton’s Treasury secretary and the director of the National Economic Council under former President Obama, corresponded with Epstein numerous times via email.
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“Chatters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chatters. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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