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yatter

[yat-er]Informal.
verb (used without object)
  1. to chatter or jabber.
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noun
  1. chatter; idle talk.
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Origin of yatter

1865–70; perhaps ya(p) + (cha)tter
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Historical Examples of yatter

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

    The Men of the Moss-Hags

    S. R. Crockett

British Dictionary definitions for yatter

yatter

verb (intr)
  1. to talk at length; chatter
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noun
  1. continuous chatter
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Word Origin for yatter

of imitative origin
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