King James Bible Dictionary

CHATTER, verb intransitive [See Chat.]

1. To utter sounds rapidly and indistinctly, as a magpie, or a monkey.

2. To make a noise by collision of the teeth. We say, the teeth chatter when one is chilly and shivering.

3. To talk idly, carelessly or rapidly; to jabber.

CHATTER, noun Sounds like those of a pie or monkey; idle talk.

CHATTER-BOX, noun One that talks incessantly.

CHATTERER, noun A prater; an idle talker.

CHATTERING, participle present tense Uttering rapid, indistinct sounds, as birds; talking idly; moving rapidly and clashing, as the teeth.

CHATTERING, noun Rapid, inarticulate sounds, as of birds; idle talk; rapid striking of the teeth, as in chilliness.