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Words with a similar base: chatter, chattering

'chatter'

[yak.n.01] as in: noisy talk

'chatter'

[chatter.n.02] as in: the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine

'chatter'

[chatter.n.03] as in: the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)

'chatter'

[chatter.v.01] as in: click repeatedly or uncontrollably

Examples:
Chattering teeth

'chatter'

[chatter.v.02] as in: cut unevenly with a chattering tool

'chatter'

[chew_the_fat.v.01] as in: talk socially without exchanging too much information

Examples:
the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze

'chatter'

[chatter.v.04] as in: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

'chatter'

[chatter.v.05] as in: make noise as if chattering away

Examples:
The magpies were chattering in the trees

Origins

					chatter (English)
├── -er (English)
│   ├── -er (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   ├── -eren (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   ├── -or (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -ra (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
├── chat (English)
└── chateren (Middle English (1100-1500))