chatter
US: /ˈtʃætɝ/
UK: /tʃˈætɐ/
UK: /tʃˈætɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
chatter /'tʃætə/
- danh từ
- tiếng hót líu lo, tiếng ríu rít (chim); tiếng róc rách (suối)
- sự nói huyên thiên, sự nói luôn mồm (người)
- tiếng lập cập (răng)
- tiếng lạch cạch (của máy bị xọc xạch, bị jơ)
- nội động từ
- hót líu lo, hót ríu rít (chim); róc rách (suối)
- nói huyên thiên, nói luôn mồm
- lập cập (răng đập vào nhau)
- kêu lạch cạch (máy bị xọc xạch, bị jơ)
- to chatter like a magpie
- nói như khướu
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb [V]
1 ~ (away / on) (to sb) (about sth) to talk quickly and continuously, especially about things that are not important: They chattered away happily for a while. + The children chattered to each other excitedly about the next day's events.
2 (of teeth) to knock together continuously because you are cold or frightened: Her teeth chattered as she dressed.
3 (of birds or monkeys) to make a series of short high sounds: The only sounds we could hear were the birds chattering in the trees.
Idioms: the chattering classes (BrE) the people in society who like to give their opinions on political or social issues: Constitutional reform is popular among the chattering classes.
+ noun [U]
1 continuous rapid talk about things that are not important: Jane's constant chatter was beginning to annoy him. + idle chatter
2 a series of quick short high sounds that some animals make: the chatter of monkeys
3 a series of short sounds made by things knocking together: the chatter of teeth
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 prattle, gabble, jabber, prate, patter, gibber, cackle, jibber-jabber, Brit chaffer, Colloq gab, jaw, Brit natter, witter, rabbit on or away, waffle:
He just kept chattering on about nothing.
2 clatter, rattle:
It was so cold my teeth were chattering.
n.
3 prattle, prate, patter, gossip, cackle, jabbering, chattering:
I don't want to hear any more chatter in the library.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
constant, endless, incessant
Her constant chatter was starting to annoy me.
| excited, nervous, noisy | idle
I wish you'd stop wasting time in idle chatter.
PREP.
~ about
She was full of chatter about her new friends.
ADV.
excitedly, happily | away, on
He chattered on happily for about half an hour.
PREP.
about
We chattered about work.
| to
chattering excitedly to her friends
Concise English dictionary
chatters|chattered|chattering'tʃætə
noun
+noisy talk
+the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
+the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
verb
+click repeatedly or uncontrollably
+cut unevenly with a chattering tool
+talk socially without exchanging too much information
+speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
+make noise as if chattering away
