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.

Origin of chatter mark

First recorded in 1885–90

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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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