chatter, v.
(chattered, chattering, chatters)
freq. cnt. 4
(chattered, chattering, chatters)
freq. cnt. 4
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
blab blabber chatter clack gabble gibber maunder palaver piffle prate prattle tattle tittle-tattle twaddle
verb frames
Somebody ----sSam and Sue %s
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Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sSam and Sue %s
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Somebody ----sSam and Sue %s
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Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----s
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derivationally related form
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derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
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derivationally related form
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hypernym
hyponym
talk socially without exchanging too much information
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
chaffer chat chatter chew the fat chit-chat chitchat claver confab confabulate gossip jaw natter shoot the breeze visit
sample sentences
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"verb frames
Somebody ----sSam and Sue %s
Sam wants to %s with Sue
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Somebody ----sSam and Sue %s
Sam wants to %s with Sue
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Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sSam and Sue %s
Sam cannot %s Sue
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Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sSam and Sue %s
Sam wants to %s with Sue
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Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----s
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derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
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hypernym
hyponym
cut unevenly with a chattering tool
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
chatter
verb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
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hypernym
click repeatedly or uncontrollably
<verb.perception> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
chatter click
sample sentences
"Chattering teeth"verb frames
Something ----sverb frames
Something ----s
semantic pointers
hypernym
make noise as if chattering away
<verb.communication>
chatter
sample sentences
"The magpies were chattering in the trees"verb frames
Something ----sThe birds %s in the woods
The woods %s with many kinds of birds
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