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Definition of chitter-chatter in English: chitter-chatternoun ˈtʃɪtətʃatəˈCHidərˌCHadər mass nouninformal Informal and inconsequential conversation. there was chitter-chatter in the lobby as Mabel entered the movie theatre Example sentencesExamples - Even after the tremors shook the earth and people were gathering outside I ignored the noise of chitter-chatter.
- I actually haven't heard from them, directly, but I know there's a lot of Internet chitter-chatter going on.
- Everything I've said online for the past ten years is available within Google's index, and now all my daily chitter-chatter could be on a Google server as well.
- Having done all the polite chitter chatter, and getting-to-know-you's, and name tagging we decided to kick off with some drinking games.
- The roar of increasingly incomprehensible chitter chatter from an unsettled sea of faces suddenly clobbers you with a forgotten sense of reality.
- As part of the general chitter-chatter in Denver, informal negotiations between the NBA's Players' Association and the league's management and owners will attempt to forge an agreement before the present one expires in June.
- My "students" had also broken the trend by attending on the dot and were even being very respectful and not disturbing me with jibber jabber or chitter chatter.
- His young son starts hearing what sounds like alien chitter-chatter on his baby monitoring walkie-talkie.
- We had a couple of smokes and by 4am we had solved all the worlds problems with our stoned chitter chatter.
- Stylish 20-somethings and other fashionistas flocked to this do for an evening of chitter chatter on haute couture.
- There was no chitter-chatter; they were focused.
- A few more hours of boring chitter chatter followed before, finally, the men ajourned to the study to partake of some spirits before dinner.
- I was amused enough by this chitter chatter.
Synonyms talk, conversation, gossip, chatter, chitter-chatter, heart-to-heart, tête-à-tête, powwow, blether, blather
verb ˈtʃɪtətʃatəˈCHidərˌCHadər [no object]informal Talk about trivial matters. people are chitter-chattering and laughter flows freely Example sentencesExamples - Where else might you find gaggles of ladies chitter-chattering in bikinis and red lipstick over vegetable juices?
- That is all that they can chitter-chatter about as yet.
- I also had a chance to chitter chatter with Miss Nicky during dinner.
- While she chitter-chatters away like a house sparrow nesting in the eaves I remain shielded by an expanse of newspaper.
- They just chitter-chattered about lots of things.
- The atmosphere was great, with 70's music being played on the big screens and everyone chitter chattering away.
- We chitter-chattered for ten minutes or so, until his delayed flight was ready.
- As I had expected, Judy chitter-chattered about this and that.
- What else is there to do but chitter chatter about the patterns in the froth whilst we wait?
- Remember a time when if you wanted to talk to someone you would pick up the phone and spend hours chitter chattering about nothing.
Synonyms talk, gossip, chatter, chitter-chatter, speak, converse, have a conversation, engage in conversation, tittle-tattle, prattle, jabber, jibber-jabber, babble, prate, go on, run on
OriginEarly 18th century: reduplication of chatter; compare with chit-chat. Definition of chitter-chatter in US English: chitter-chatternounˈCHidərˌCHadər informal Informal and inconsequential conversation. there was chitter-chatter in the lobby as Mabel entered the movie theater Example sentencesExamples - I actually haven't heard from them, directly, but I know there's a lot of Internet chitter-chatter going on.
- His young son starts hearing what sounds like alien chitter-chatter on his baby monitoring walkie-talkie.
- We had a couple of smokes and by 4am we had solved all the worlds problems with our stoned chitter chatter.
- The roar of increasingly incomprehensible chitter chatter from an unsettled sea of faces suddenly clobbers you with a forgotten sense of reality.
- As part of the general chitter-chatter in Denver, informal negotiations between the NBA's Players' Association and the league's management and owners will attempt to forge an agreement before the present one expires in June.
- Stylish 20-somethings and other fashionistas flocked to this do for an evening of chitter chatter on haute couture.
- Even after the tremors shook the earth and people were gathering outside I ignored the noise of chitter-chatter.
- My "students" had also broken the trend by attending on the dot and were even being very respectful and not disturbing me with jibber jabber or chitter chatter.
- I was amused enough by this chitter chatter.
- Having done all the polite chitter chatter, and getting-to-know-you's, and name tagging we decided to kick off with some drinking games.
- A few more hours of boring chitter chatter followed before, finally, the men ajourned to the study to partake of some spirits before dinner.
- Everything I've said online for the past ten years is available within Google's index, and now all my daily chitter-chatter could be on a Google server as well.
- There was no chitter-chatter; they were focused.
Synonyms talk, conversation, gossip, chatter, chitter-chatter, heart-to-heart, tête-à-tête, powwow, blether, blather
verbˈCHidərˌCHadər [no object]informal Talk about trivial matters. people are chitter-chattering and laughter flows freely Example sentencesExamples - That is all that they can chitter-chatter about as yet.
- We chitter-chattered for ten minutes or so, until his delayed flight was ready.
- Remember a time when if you wanted to talk to someone you would pick up the phone and spend hours chitter chattering about nothing.
- They just chitter-chattered about lots of things.
- What else is there to do but chitter chatter about the patterns in the froth whilst we wait?
- I also had a chance to chitter chatter with Miss Nicky during dinner.
- As I had expected, Judy chitter-chattered about this and that.
- While she chitter-chatters away like a house sparrow nesting in the eaves I remain shielded by an expanse of newspaper.
- The atmosphere was great, with 70's music being played on the big screens and everyone chitter chattering away.
- Where else might you find gaggles of ladies chitter-chattering in bikinis and red lipstick over vegetable juices?
Synonyms talk, gossip, chatter, chitter-chatter, speak, converse, have a conversation, engage in conversation, tittle-tattle, prattle, jabber, jibber-jabber, babble, prate, go on, run on
OriginEarly 18th century: reduplication of chatter; compare with chitchat. |