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chatter mark

noun

a mark left by a tool that has been chattering.
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.

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Origin of chatter mark

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby chatter mark

chatterbox, chatterer, chattering class, chattering classes, Chatterji, chatter mark, Chatterton, chatty, chat up, Chaucer, Chaucer, Geoffrey
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British Dictionary definitions for chatter mark

chatter mark

noun

any of a series of grooves, pits, and scratches on the surface of a rock, usually made by the movement of a glacier
another name for chatter (def. 8)
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