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Antonyms for chatter

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : chat-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃæt ər


Definition of chatter

Origin :
  • early 13c., chateren "to twitter, gossip," earlier cheateren, chiteren, of echoic origin. Cf. Dutch koeteren "jabber," Danish kvidre "twitter, chirp." Related: Chattered; chattering. Phrase chattering class in use by 1893, with a reference perhaps from 1843:
  • Such was the most interesting side of the fatal event to that idle chattering class of London life to whom the collision of heaven and earth were important only as affording matter for "news!" [Catherine Grace F. Gore ("Mrs. Gore"), "The Banker's Wife," 1843]
  • noun constant or rapid talk
  • verb speak fast and non-stop
Example sentences :
  • How could I chatter nothings when Ned was by my side, smiling down at me so confusedly?
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • The Nubian, taken completely by surprise, began to chatter with fright.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • "Let me whisper in your ear," said Miss Desmond, loud above the chatter of the weir.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • Pierre had been listening somewhat inquisitively to all this chatter.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • The Abbe Brigaut, too, it is said, begins to chatter about it.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete » by Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
  • Yet you stand there and irritate me with your chatter of another world.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • To hear them chatter you might almost fancy they were invited to the Tuileries.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • He had not heard a great deal of his voluble hostess's chatter.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • They'll find me here in any case, and what a chatter there'll be!
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • There was a chatter of girls all round as he bowed and went on.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

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