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chatter

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noisy talk(noun.communication)

Synonym:
cackle, yack, yak, yakety-yak

source: wordnet30
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine(noun.event)

Synonym:
chattering

source: wordnet30
the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)(noun.event)

source: wordnet30
Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle.(noun)

source: webster1913

click repeatedly or uncontrollably(verb.perception)

Example:
Chattering teeth.

Synonym:
click

source: wordnet30
cut unevenly with a chattering tool(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
talk socially without exchanging too much information(verb.communication)

Synonym:
chaffer, chat, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit

source: wordnet30
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly(verb.communication)

Synonym:
blab, blabber, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle

source: wordnet30
make noise as if chattering away(verb.communication)

Example:
The magpies were chattering in the trees.

source: wordnet30
To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.(verb)

source: webster1913
To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly.(verb)

source: webster1913

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