chatter
verb (used without object)
to talk rapidly in a foolish or purposeless way; jabber.
have chattered
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present perfectof chatter.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Oh, I daresay you and your mother have chattered and read a lot about marriage and the woman question, and about abolishing distinctions of class—now you want to abolish distinctions of sex too.
From Three Comedies by R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson) Sharp
He might have chattered the matter over with a priest of Charlemagne's Court, and they would have shaken hands after every sentence.
From The Stark Munro Letters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
And clasping her hands with a look of envious admiration she added, 'How you must have chattered, your reverence!
From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Émile Zola
This is all, be quick and go, More than all thou canst not know; Let me now my pinions ply, I have chattered like a pie.’”
From Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Henry Morley
I could have chattered filially to him; but he is a youngish man, who came only six months ago.
From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton
