chatter mark
Americannoun
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a mark left by a tool that has been chattering.
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Geology. any of a series of irregular gouges made on rock surfaces by the slipping of rock fragments held in the lower portion of a glacier.
noun
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any of a series of grooves, pits, and scratches on the surface of a rock, usually made by the movement of a glacier
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another name for chatter
Etymology
Origin of chatter mark
First recorded in 1885–90
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