natter

nat·ter  (ntr)

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 Brit & NZ informal

Verb

to talk idly and at length

Noun

a long idle chat [dialect gnatter to grumble, imitative]

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, chit-chat, chitchat, 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 Chiefly Brit. (informal)

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) earbash Austral., N.Z. (slang)

noun 2. 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

Translations

natter [ˈnætəʳ] vi (BRIT) → charlar

n to have a natter → charlar

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natter [ˈnætəʳ] vi (Brit) → bavarder

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natter [ˈnætəʳ] (Brit) vi → quatschen (inf)

n to have a natter → einen Schwatz halten

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natter [ˈnætəʳ] (BRIT ) (col) vi → chiacchierare

n → chiacchierata