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nat·ter

(năt′ər)

intr.v. nat·tered, nat·ter·ing, nat·ters

To talk idly; chatter.

[Variant of dialectal gnatter, to nibble, natter.]

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natter

(ˈnætə)

(intr) to talk idly and at length; chatter or gossip

prolonged idle chatter or gossip

[C19: changed from gnatter to grumble, of imitative origin; compare Low German gnatteren]

ˈnatterer n

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nat•ter

(ˈnæt ər)
v.i.

1. to talk incessantly; chatter.

2. a conversation; chat.

[1820–30; earlier also gnatter, expressive v.]

natter

Past participle: nattered
Gerund: nattering

Imperative
natter
natter

Present
I natter
you natter
he/she/it natters
we natter
you natter
they natter

Preterite
I nattered
you nattered
he/she/it nattered
we nattered
you nattered
they nattered

Present Continuous
I am nattering
you are nattering
he/she/it is nattering
we are nattering
you are nattering
they are nattering

Present Perfect
I have nattered
you have nattered
he/she/it has nattered
we have nattered
you have nattered
they have nattered

Past Continuous
I was nattering
you were nattering
he/she/it was nattering
we were nattering
you were nattering
they were nattering

Past Perfect
I had nattered
you had nattered
he/she/it had nattered
we had nattered
you had nattered
they had nattered

Future
I will natter
you will natter
he/she/it will natter
we will natter
you will natter
they will natter

Future Perfect
I will have nattered
you will have nattered
he/she/it will have nattered
we will have nattered
you will have nattered
they will have nattered

Future Continuous
I will be nattering
you will be nattering
he/she/it will be nattering
we will be nattering
you will be nattering
they will be nattering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been nattering
you have been nattering
he/she/it has been nattering
we have been nattering
you have been nattering
they have been nattering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been nattering
you will have been nattering
he/she/it will have been nattering
we will have been nattering
you will have been nattering
they will have been nattering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been nattering
you had been nattering
he/she/it had been nattering
we had been nattering
you had been nattering
they had been nattering

Conditional
I would natter
you would natter
he/she/it would natter
we would natter
you would natter
they would natter

Past Conditional
I would have nattered
you would have nattered
he/she/it would have nattered
we would have nattered
you would have nattered
they would have nattered

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Verb

natter - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

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

converse, discourse - carry on a conversation

jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way

natter

verb

1. gossip, talk, rabbit (on) (Brit. informal), jaw (slang), chatter, witter (informal), prattle, jabber, gabble, blather, blether, shoot the breeze (informal), run off at the mouth (slang), prate, talk idly, chew the fat or rag (slang) His mother would natter on the phone for hours.

noun

1. gossip, talk, conversation, chat, jaw (slang), craic (Irish informal), gab (informal), prattle, jabber, gabble, palaver, blather, chitchat, blether, chinwag (Brit. informal), gabfest (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), confabulation We must get together some time for a good natter.

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Translations

brebentitžvanit

snakke

plaudern

jacasser papoter

szakadatlanul fecseg

masa, rabba

chiacchierare chiacchierata

pļāpāt

skravle i vei

çene çalmakgevezelik etmek

闲聊

natter

[ˈnætəʳ] (Brit)

A. N → charla f, plática f (Mex)
to have a natter → charlar, estar de palique (Sp) , platicar (Mex) (with con) we had a good old natter → estuvimos charlando un buen rato

B. VI (= chat) → charlar, platicar (Mex); (= chatter) → parlotear, hablar mucho

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natter

[ˈnætə^r] (British)

vi → bavarder
to natter to sb → bavarder avec qn

n (= chat) to have a natter → bavarder

natter

(Brit inf)

vi (= gossip) → schwatzen (inf); (= chatter also) → quasseln (inf); to natter away in German → deutsch quasseln (inf); to natter on about something → über etw (acc) → quasseln (inf)

n → Schwatz m (inf); to have a natter → einen Schwatz halten (inf)

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natter

[ˈnætəʳ] (fam)

1. n → chiacchierata
to have a natter → fare quattro chiacchiere

2. vi → chiacchierare

natter

(ˈnӕtə) verb

to chatter or talk continuously, usually about unimportant things.

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And these men, being corrupted with money, went as far as they could to ruin the city: and, because their power was too great and nearly tyrannical, their kings were obliged to natter them, which contributed greatly to hurt the state; so that it altered from an aristocracy to a democracy.

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