chattingn.
/ˈtʃatɪŋ/ The action of chat v.1 (in various senses); esp. Easy familiar talking.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] > indulgence in
chatteringa1250
janglingc1330
clatteringc1400
trattlinga1425
jabbering1499
chatting1509
tittle-tattlinga1586
bletheringa1834
nattering1859
yattering1859
blithering1925
yackety-yacking1953
blatting1955
yacking1959
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat
confabulationc1450
device1490
chat1573
tittle-tattle?c1640
small talk1650
confab1701
chit-chat1710
jaw1748
small-talking1786
prose1787
rap1787
coze1804
talky-talky1812
clack1813
chit-chatting1823
cozey1837
gossip1849
mardlea1852
yarn1857
conflab1873
chinwag1879
chopsing1879
cooze1880
chatting1884
schmoozing1884
talky-talk1884
pitch1888
schmooze1895
coosy1903
wongi1929
yap1930
kibitz1931
natter1943
old talk1956
jaw-jaw1958
yacking1959
ole talk1964
rapping1967
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. liv For all theyr chattynge and plenty of langage.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 289v He could not..awaye with the chattyng and contynual bableyng of Cicero.
1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia ii. ii. vi. 40 The Augures did divine from hearing the chatting or the crowing of the birds.
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 221 The impertinent chattings,..which are so rife in the World.
1884 Christian World 9 Oct. 762/5 An hour spent in chatting.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
chattingadj.
/ˈtʃatɪŋ/ That chats (in various senses of the verb).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [adjective] > engaging in idle talk
babblinga1250
chatteringa1250
drivellinga1475
clattering1477
trattling?a1513
prating1528
bluddering1553
chatting1589
mouthy1589
dribbling1593
tinkling1625
stultiloquious1683
havering1720
vaniloquent1727
haverela1774
havering1808
stultiloquent1845
yattering1859
blethery1889
blithering1889
yackety-yacking1953
yacketing1958
nattering1959
yacking1959
chopsy1974
1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks i. 13 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks The chatting swallow.
1633 G. Herbert Conscience in Temple i Listning to thy chatting fears.
Derivatives
ˈchattingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adverb] > in a chatty or gossiping manner
gossipingly1817
chattingly1823
1823 J. Galt Entail II. xvii. 156 The two redressers of wrongs chattingly proceeded towards Grippy.
1872 Daily News 5 Oct. 3 Some members have spoken chattingly and inquisitively about it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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