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
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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