natter

nat·ter

 (năt′ər)

intr.v. nat·tered, nat·ter·ing, nat·ters

To talk idly; chatter.

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[Variant of dialectal gnatter, to nibble, natter.]

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natter

(ˈnætə)

vb

(intr) to talk idly and at length; chatter or gossip

n

prolonged idle chatter or gossip

[C19: changed from gnatter to grumble, of imitative origin; compare Low German gnatteren]

ˈnatterer n

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nat•ter

(ˈnæt ər)
v.i.

1. to talk incessantly; chatter.

n.

2. a conversation; chat.

[1820–30; earlier also gnatter, expressive v.]

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natter

Past participle: nattered
Gerund: nattering

Imperative

natter

natter

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

natter - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" chew the fat, chitchat, chit-chat, claver, confab, chat, jaw, shoot the breeze, confabulate, gossip, chaffer, chatter, visit converse, discourse - carry on a conversation jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way

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natter

verb

1. gossip, talk, rabbit (on) (Brit. informal), jaw (slang), chatter, witter (informal), prattle, jabber, gabble, blather, blether, shoot the breeze (informal), run off at the mouth (slang), prate, talk idly, chew the fat or rag (slang) His mother would natter on the phone for hours.

noun

1. gossip, talk, conversation, chat, jaw (slang), craic (Irish informal), gab (informal), prattle, jabber, gabble, palaver, blather, chitchat, blether, chinwag (Brit. informal), gabfest (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), confabulation We must get together some time for a good natter.

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Translations

brebentitžvanit

snakke

plaudern

jacasserpapoter

szakadatlanul fecseg

masa, rabba

chiacchierarechiacchierata

pļāpāt

skravle i vei

çene çalmakgevezelik etmek

闲聊

natter

[ˈnætəʳ] (Brit)

A. N → charla f, plática f (Mex)
to have a natter → charlar, estar de palique (Sp) , platicar (Mex) (with con) we had a good old natter → estuvimos charlando un buen rato

B. VI (= chat) → charlar, platicar (Mex); (= chatter) → parlotear, hablar mucho

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natter

[ˈnætə^r] (British)

vi → bavarder
to natter to sb → bavarder avec qn

n (= chat) to have a natter → bavarder

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natter

(Brit inf)

vi (= gossip) → schwatzen (inf); (= chatter also) → quasseln (inf); to natter away in German → deutsch quasseln (inf); to natter on about something → über etw (acc) → quasseln (inf)

n → Schwatz m (inf); to have a natter → einen Schwatz halten (inf)

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natter

[ˈnætəʳ] (fam)

1. n → chiacchierata
to have a natter → fare quattro chiacchiere

2. vi → chiacchierare

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natter

(ˈnӕtə) verb

to chatter or talk continuously, usually about unimportant things. klets يَتَحَدَّث باسْتِمْرار عن مواضيع غير مُهِمَّه бърборя tagarelar brebentit, žvanit plaudern snakke φλυαρώcharlar lobisema تند تند حرف زدن rupatella jacasser לְפַטפֵּט, לְבַרבֵּר (סלנג) बड़बड़ाते रहना blebetati, klepetati szakadatlanul fecseg mengobrol masa, rabba ciarlare だらだらしゃべる 수다떨다 (pa)plepėti pļāpāt celoteh kletsenskravle i veipaplać په جديت خبرى كول tagarelar a trăncăni болтать, трепаться trkotať klepetati ćaskati snacka, babbla คุยไร้สาระ gevezelik etmek, çene çalmak 閒聊 бурчати, скаржитися بکواس کرنا nói ba hoa 闲聊

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