yatter

American  

[yat-er] / ˈyæt ər /

verb (used without object)

1. to chatter or jabber.

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noun

1. chatter; idle talk.

yatter British  

/ ˈjætə, ˈjɑtər /

verb

1. to talk at length; chatter

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noun

1. continuous chatter

Etymology

Origin of yatter

1865–70; perhaps ya(p) + (cha)tter

Example Sentences

The yatter over Prohibition died with Repeal.

From Time Magazine Archive

I replied, for the woman's yatter, yatter easily vexed me, being still weak.

From Project Gutenberg

An' this arternoon, she went into Tilly Ellison's with her work, an' it come to me all of a sudden how I'd git Tim Yatter to harness an' load the chist onto the pung, an' I'd bring it over here, an' we'd look it over together; an' then, if there's nothin' in it but what I think, I'd leave it behind, an' maybe you or Sadie 'd burn it.

From Project Gutenberg

An' this arternoon, she went into Tilly Ellison's with her work, an' it come to me all of a sudden how I'd git Tim Yatter to harness an' load the chist onto the pung, an' I'd bring it over here, an' we'd look it over together; an' then, if there's nothin' in it but what I think, I'd leave it behind, an' maybe you or Sadie'd burn it.

From Project Gutenberg