chatterer

[chat-er-er]

noun

1. a person who chatters; a chatterbox.

2. any of several passerine birds having a chattering cry, as certain waxwings and cotingas.

chatterer

/ ˈtʃætərə /

noun

1. someone or something that chatters

2. another name for cotinga

Word History and Origins

Origin of chatterer¹

First recorded in 1400–50, chatterer is from the late Middle English word chaterer. See chatter, -er ¹

Example Sentences

With all the chatterers in the world, Miss Manners would think people should be grateful to encounter someone who doesn't try to dominate every conversation.

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Still, it is enraging to watch a parade of dunderheads preen on cable — anchors and generals and chatterers — the same people whose cheerleading ensnared us in 20 years of quicksand in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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I’ve never been much of a video chatterer, but the pandemic has forced just about all of us to use videoconferencing with the people we care about and work with.

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Some politicians and social media chatterers repeat the narrative so often, she writes, that the story line “has proven to be a huge barrier to building support for positive policy action.”

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How can we trust the nuclear codes to someone so incoherent, Fox chatterers cry, who doesn’t always seem to know what day it is or what office he’s running for?

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