Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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chatter | Yes | No | Yes | No |
piffle | Yes | No | Yes | No |
chatter (noun) | piffle (noun) |
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noisy talk | trivial nonsense |
the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys) | |
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine |
chatter (verb) | piffle (verb) |
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speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | act in a trivial or ineffective way |
talk socially without exchanging too much information | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly |
make noise as if chattering away | |
cut unevenly with a chattering tool | |
click repeatedly or uncontrollably |