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noun

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as in babbling

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chattering

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verb

present participle of chatter
1
as in chatting
to engage in casual or rambling conversation chattered idly while waiting in line

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2
as in drooling
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly the parrot chatters all day

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chattering
  1. babbling
  2. chatting
  3. talking
  4. prattle
  5. chatter
  6. jabber
  7. whisper
Noun
  • Today, her daughter, Dana, is growing up like any other Swiss suburban child, in Basel now, splashing around in toddler swim classes and speaking to her mother in a babbling mix of English and Ukrainian.
    Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Washington mom uses sign language to convey daughter’s babbling to deaf husband Courtney Lotane recently documented her car ride in Seattle, Washington.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 20 Sep. 2023
Definition of babbling
Verb
  • They were spotted smiling, chatting and generally enjoying themselves.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • And what were Baby Reindeer’s Jessica Gunning and Kate Beckinsale chatting about?
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of chatting
Verb
  • Create Polls and Ask Questions Polls get people talking, and LinkedIn’s algorithm rewards it.
    William Arruda, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!
    Leonard David, Space.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of talking
Noun
  • She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.
    Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The larcenous prattle is, in this sense, a typically Wiig-ian set piece: sunny, strained and flailing for dignity.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Definition of prattle
Noun
  • Using Cell Phones with Reckless Abandon While the ballpark is filled with cheers and chatter, nobody wants to be seated next to the person who’s loudly carrying on a phone conversation in the middle of it—or have to dodge the hundredth selfie snapped by the person in front of them.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The compressed size of the court and the smaller arena mean players — and fans — will be able to hear much more on-court chatter.
    Remy Tumin, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of chatter
Noun
  • Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.
    Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • Jacobs-Jenkins renders him as a wry, friendly figure who occasionally takes over the bodies of the other characters to explain what is happening beneath their jabber.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 June 2023
Definition of jabber
Noun
  • Recent whispers from Washington suggest that tariffs are unlikely to be broad.
    Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Veteran journalist Kim Osorio appears in the doc and says that there were whispers that Porter was a victim of Combs’ abuse, and an attorney for a client who sued Combs says her client witnessed acts of violence against Porter.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of whisper
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