Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Chatter
chatter, n. [onomatopoeic < Du. koeteren, jabber, kwetteren, chatter, and Eng. twitter, jabber, etc.]
Speech; discourse; gossip; small talk; incessant conversation; trivial communication; inconsequential expression; [metonymy] life; communion with the living.
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