Define the word natter"Natter" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Natter \Nat"ter\, v. i. [Cf. Icel. knetta to grumble.]
1. To find fault; to be peevish. [Prov. Eng. or Scot.]
[1913 Webster]
2. To talk constantly; to chatter incessantly to prattle; as,
nattering like a chatterbox.
[PJC]
"natter" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
natter
v : talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
[syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, gossip, jaw,
claver, visit]
"natter" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "natter":
babble, babblement, bavardage, bibble-babble, blab, blabber,
blah-blah, blather, blether, blethers, cackle, caquet, caqueterie,
chat, chatter, chitter-chatter, clack, clatter, dither, gab,
gabble, gas, gibber, gibble-gabble, go on, gossip, guff, gush,
haver, hot air, idle talk, jabber, jaw, mere talk, nonsense talk,
palaver, patter, pour forth, prate, prating, prattle,
prittle-prattle, ramble on, rattle, rattle on, reel off, run on,
spout, spout off, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee,
tittle-tattle, twaddle, twattle, waffle, yak, yakkety-yak
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