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Definition of yatter in English: yatterverb ˈjatəˈyadər [no object]informal Talk incessantly; chatter. 喋喋不休，闲聊 dear old Betty was yattering at me on Sunday Example sentencesExamples - Probably I just realized I'd been yattering for a while, and stopped.
- They'd gone back to their room, to yatter about sex under the covers in dim light and comfort.
- But it's just one step too far in terms of yattering about work (you see, I natter about the trivial and the personalities, but never about the substance, and almost never about the policies).
- Dolly yattered at them fiercely, in a non-discriminatory way.
- In the meantime, let's stop yattering with utterly useless political pontification and attempt to affect one thing - a debate.
- Since I had only spoken to him once all night, I knew exactly what he was yattering on about and so I reacted.
Synonyms chat, talk idly, chatter, prattle, prate, go on, run on, rattle away, rattle on, gossip, tittle-tattle, tattle, ramble, gabble, jabber, babble, blather, blether, blither, twitter, maunder, drivel, patter, yap, jibber-jabber, cackle
noun ˈjatəˈyadər mass nouninformal Incessant talk. 喋喋不休 there is no place like home for random yatter Synonyms prattle, chatter, twitter, babble, talk, prating, gabble, jabber, blether, rambling
OriginEarly 19th century: imitative, perhaps suggested by yammer and chatter. Rhymesattar, batter, bespatter, chatter, clatter, flatter, hatter, Kenyatta, latter, matamata, matter, natter, patter, platter, ratter, regatta, satyr, scatter, shatter, smatter, spatter, splatter Definition of yatter in US English: yatterverbˈyadər [no object]informal Talk incessantly; chatter. 喋喋不休，闲聊 dear old Betty was yattering at me on Sunday Example sentencesExamples - Dolly yattered at them fiercely, in a non-discriminatory way.
- Probably I just realized I'd been yattering for a while, and stopped.
- In the meantime, let's stop yattering with utterly useless political pontification and attempt to affect one thing - a debate.
- They'd gone back to their room, to yatter about sex under the covers in dim light and comfort.
- Since I had only spoken to him once all night, I knew exactly what he was yattering on about and so I reacted.
- But it's just one step too far in terms of yattering about work (you see, I natter about the trivial and the personalities, but never about the substance, and almost never about the policies).
Synonyms chat, talk idly, chatter, prattle, prate, go on, run on, rattle away, rattle on, gossip, tittle-tattle, tattle, ramble, gabble, jabber, babble, blather, blether, blither, twitter, maunder, drivel, patter, yap, jibber-jabber, cackle
nounˈyadər informal Incessant talk. 喋喋不休 there is no place like home for random yatter Synonyms prattle, chatter, twitter, babble, talk, prating, gabble, jabber, blether, rambling
OriginEarly 19th century: imitative, perhaps suggested by yammer and chatter. |