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the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were chattering in the trees" cut unevenly with a chattering tool click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth" noisy talk talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" |
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