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natter

[nat-er]
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verb (used without object)
  1. to talk incessantly; chatter.
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noun
  1. a conversation; chat.
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Origin of natter

First recorded in 1820–30; variant of earlier gnatter < ?
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Historical Examples

  • It is not worth the while to natter The pride of writers we despise.

    Literary Fables of Yriarte

    Tomas de Iriarte

  • She means it, I believe; but she does natter him so that it would make me sick, if it didn't make me so wretched!

    Magnum Bonum

    Charlotte M. Yonge

  • Though you are indeed the fairest of women, those men only natter you; they do not love you.

British Dictionary definitions for natter

natter

verb
  1. (intr) to talk idly and at length; chatter or gossip
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noun
  1. prolonged idle chatter or gossip
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Derived Formsnatterer, noun

Word Origin

C19: changed from gnatter to grumble, of imitative origin; compare Low German gnatteren
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Word Origin and History for natter

v.

"grumble, chatter aimlessly, nag," 1829, northern England dialect variant of gnatter "to chatter, grumble," earlier (18c.) "to nibble away," probably of echoic origin. Related: Nattered; nattering. As a noun, 1866, from the verb.

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