Chattering
['tʃætɚ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chatter
(n.) The act or habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of making inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the teeth; chatter.
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Examples
- As soon as his chattering teeth would let him speak, he smiled vacantly, and said he thought it must have been the Cramp. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Laughing and chattering like the idiot I was fast becoming I fell upon his prostrate form my fingers feeling for his dead throat. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Peepy had scaled his crib, and crept down in his bed-gown and cap, and was so cold that his teeth were chattering as if he had cut them all. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Whatever is Christian Cantle's teeth a-chattering for? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- An if I disturb you with my clicketten,' she meant her chattering, 'tell me so, Dan'l, and I won't. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Chattering on in this way, he led me back to the vestry. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But they ignored him, as, chattering without heed, they set to mount the second flight. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And besides,' said Mr. Bumble, his teeth chattering as he spoke, 'Mr. Monks is too much of a gentleman to attempt any violence on porochial persons. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- You're a chattering clattering broomstick witch that ought to be burnt! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Joe looked as if he thought this talk was like the chattering of a pie. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And Gerald sat mute, like a dumb beast, panting, his teeth chattering, his arms inert, his head like a seal's head. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I'm worse than the chattering, clattering, brimstone pig at home! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As he turned to receive Rebecca's answer, he observed, that during his chattering with Gurth, she had left the apartment unperceived. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I heard them chattering and whimpering together in the little woman's chamber. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There was much excited gesticulating, pointing, and chattering; then several of the warriors approached and peered within. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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