Chatterer
['tʃætərə]
Definition
(n.) A prater; an idle talker.
(n.) A bird of the family Ampelidae -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird.
Editor: Whitney
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Prater, prattler, tattler, gossip, babbler, gadder, gadabout, rattle-head.
Editor: Ozzie
Examples
- As thus: If your father, Bart, had lived longer, he might have been worth a deal of money--you brimstone chatterer! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He was a chatterer, a magpie, a maker of mischievous word-jokes, that were sometimes very clever, but which often were not. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You're a brimstone chatterer! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Edited by Arnold