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chatter

Noun

∙ Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
∙ The sound of talking.
∙ The sound made by a magpie.
∙ An intermittent noise, as from vibration.
∙ In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.

Verb

∙ To talk idly. intransitive
∙ Of teeth, machinery, etc, to make a noise by rapid collisions. intransitive
∙ To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.

Noun

∙ one who chats
∙ a user of chat rooms Internet