chattering
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- n the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
- n the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
- v click repeatedly or uncontrollably
- v cut unevenly with a chattering tool
- v talk socially without exchanging too much information
- v speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- v make noise as if chattering away
The magpies were chattering in the trees
- When this cover appeared, the chattering classes of the magazine world hailed it as the cover of the year, as did the American Society of Magazine Editors.
- So O'Malley went back to chattering about building a new stadium in Brooklyn, and the Giants' Horace Stoneham talked wistfully of staying in New York.
- She deliberately risked appearing shrill, political and shameless in order to put her opponents in their place and the chattering class may applaud her steely toughness.