chatter
verb (used without object)
to talk rapidly in a foolish or purposeless way; jabber.
had chattered
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past perfectof chatter.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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While we had chattered excitedly over the phone about my return, once we reunited in person, our past confronted us like a very large elephant in a very small room.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2022
I thought of the cold tin tubs of East Karhide that I had chattered and shuddered in last summer, the ice-ringed basin in my Erhenrang room.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Once seated on the side of the bed in the room that had been hers, she had been seized with a chill so violent that her teeth had chattered in her head.
From The Land of Promise by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
And Lady Risborough had chattered and smiled her way through the Master's lonely house--he had only just been appointed head of his college and was then unmarried--leaving a deep impression.
From Lady Connie by Mrs. Humphry Ward
The three of them had sought a restaurant where they ate, and Betty had chattered like—well, just as a girl of her age and fresh from the excitement of boarding school would chatter.
From The Heart of Canyon Pass by Thomas K. Holmes
