chatter
verb (used without object)
to talk rapidly in a foolish or purposeless way; jabber.
has been chattering
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present perfect progressiveof chatter (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Who in the “Brothers Poem” has been chattering on about Sappho’s brother Charaxus, and why?
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 9, 2015
I only hope no one has been chattering over all the old silly yarns about it to her, eh?”
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford
"Oh," said Madame Beattie, with a perfect affability and no apparent emotion, "Anne French has been chattering to you."
From The Prisoner by Alice Brown
The whole night through, my dear friends," he cried, seizing their hands, "that bird has been chattering, chattering, chattering.
From The Great Taboo by Grant Allen
"Old Boriskoff knew I was going to get the sack and little Lois has been chattering," he argued—nor did this line of reasoning at all console him.
From Aladdin of London or, Lodestar by Sir Max Pemberton
