natter

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
natter
    v 1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
         men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
         {chew the fat}, {shoot the breeze}, {chat}, {confabulate},
         {confab}, {chitchat}, {chit-chat}, {chatter}, {chaffer},
         {natter}, {gossip}, {jaw}, {claver}, {visit}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Natter \Nat"ter\, v. i. [Cf. Icel. knetta to grumble.]
   1. To find fault; to be peevish. [Prov. Eng. or Scot.]
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To talk constantly; to chatter incessantly to prattle; as,
      nattering like a chatterbox.
      [PJC]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "natter":
      babble, babblement, bavardage, bibble-babble, blab, blabber,
      blah-blah, blather, blether, blethers, cackle, caquet, caqueterie,
      chat, chatter, chitter-chatter, clack, clatter, dither, gab,
      gabble, gas, gibber, gibble-gabble, go on, gossip, guff, gush,
      haver, hot air, idle talk, jabber, jaw, mere talk, nonsense talk,
      palaver, patter, pour forth, prate, prating, prattle,
      prittle-prattle, ramble on, rattle, rattle on, reel off, run on,
      spout, spout off, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee,
      tittle-tattle, twaddle, twattle, waffle, yak, yakkety-yak

    

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