yattern.
/ˈjatə/, U.S. /ˈjædər/, Scottish English /ˈjatər/ colloquial (originally Scottish dialect).
Idle talk; incessant chatter or gossip.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chatter
chirma800
clappingc1386
glavera1400
clapa1420
clackc1440
blabc1460
clattera1500
babble?a1525
babblery1532
pratery1533
clitter-clatter1535
by-talk?1551
prattle1555
prittle-prattle1556
twittle-twattle1565
cacquet1567
prate?1574
prattlement1579
babblement1595
gibble-gabble1600
gabble1602
twattlea1639
tolutiloquence1656
pratement1657
gaggle1668
leden1674
cackle1676
twit-twat1677
clash1685
chit-chat1710
chatter-chitter1711
chitter-chatter1712
palavering1732
hubble-bubble1735
palaver1748
rattle1748
gum1751
mag1778
gabber1780
gammon1781
gash1787
chattery1789
gabber1792
whitter-whatter1805
yabble1808
clacket1812
talky-talky1812
potter1818
yatter1827
blue streak1830
gabblement1831
psilologya1834
chin-music1834
patter1841
jaw1842
chatter1851
brabble1861
tongue-work1866
yacker1882
talkee1885
chelp1891
chattermag1895
whitter1897
burble1898
yap1907
clatfart1913
jive1928
logorrhœa1935
waffle1937
yackety-yacking1953
yack1958
yackety-yack1958
motormouth1976
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun]
windc1290
trotevalea1300
follyc1300
jangle1340
jangleryc1374
tongue1382
fablec1384
clapa1420
babbling?c1430
clackc1440
pratinga1470
waste?a1475
clattera1500
trattle1513
babble?a1525
tattlea1529
tittle-tattlea1529
chatc1530
babblery1532
bibble-babble1532
slaverings1535
trittle-trattle1563
prate?1574
babblement1595
pribble-prabble1595
pribble1603
morologya1614
pibble-pabblea1616
sounda1616
spitter-spatter1619
argology1623
vaniloquence1623
vaniloquy1623
drivelling1637
jabberment1645
blateration1656
onology1670
whittie-whattiea1687
stultiloquence1721
claver1722
blether1786
havera1796
jaunder1796
havering1808
slaver1825
yatter1827
bugaboo1833
flapdoodle1834
bavardage1835
maunder1835
tattlement1837
slabber1840
gup1848
faddle1850
chatter1851
cock1851
drivel1852
maundering1853
drooling1854
windbaggery1859
blither1866
javer1869
mush1876
slobber1886
guff1888
squit1893
drool1900
macaroni1924
jive1928
natter1943
shtick1948
old talk1956
yack1958
yackety-yack1958
ole talk1964
Haigspeak1981
1827 J. Watt Poems 72 Gin ane hae walth to keep him lievin', Nae cravin' body's yater deevin'.
1898 J. Buchan John Burnet of Barns ii. ix. 188 The shrill yatter of the fishwives.
1935 F. Niven Flying Years i. 10 Any yatter of human follies and failings.
1955 E. Pound Section: Rock-drill xciv. 95 To the Odes to escape abstract yatter.
1978 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 28 May 3/4 No one in the Brisbane Valley any longer believes the tourist yatter given out by Government..circles.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
yatterv.
/ˈjatə/, U.S. /ˈjædər/, Scottish English /ˈjatər/ colloquial (originally Scottish dialect).
intransitive. To talk idly and incessantly; to chatter, or gossip; to gabble; to complain peevishly. Frequently const. (on) (about something or at someone). Occasionally transitive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter
chavel?c1225
babblea1250
chattera1250
clacka1250
janglea1300
ganglec1300
clapc1315
mumblec1350
blabberc1375
carp1377
tatterc1380
garre1382
rattlec1400
clatter1401
chimec1405
gabc1405
pattera1450
smattera1450
languetc1450
pratec1460
chat1483
jabber1499
clittera1529
cackle1530
prattle1532
blatter1533
blab1535
to run on pattens1546
tattle1547
prittle-prattlea1555
trattlea1555
tittle-tattle1556
quiddlea1566
brabble1570
clicket1570
twattle1573
gabble1574
prittle1583
to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597
to word it1612
deblaterate1623
tongue1624
twitter1630
snatter1647
oversay1656
whiffle1706
to gallop away1711
splutter1728
gob1770
gibble-gabble1775
palaver1781
to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785
gammon1789
witter1808
yabble1808
yaff1808
mag1810
chelp1820
tongue-pad1825
yatter1825
potter1826
chipper1829
jaw-jaw1831
buzz1832
to shoot off one's mouth1864
yawp1872
blate1878
chin1884
yap1888
spiel1894
to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895
to run off at the mouth1908
chattermag1909
clatfart1913
to talk a streak1915
to run one's mouth1916
natter1942
ear-bash1944
rabbit1950
yack1950
yacker1961
to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965
yacket1969
to twat on1996
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > talk idly [verb (intransitive)]
chattera1250
drivelc1390
clatter1401
chatc1440
smattera1450
pratec1460
blaver1461
babble?1504
blether1524
boblec1530
trattlea1555
tittle-tattle1556
fable1579
tinkle1638
whiffle1706
slaver1730
doitera1790
jaunder1808
haver1816
maunder1816
blather1825
yatter1825
blat1846
bibble-babble1888
flap-doodle1893
twiddle1893
spiel1894
rot1896
blither1903
to run off at the mouth1908
drool1923
twiddle-twaddle1925
crap1940
natter1942
yack1950
yacker1961
yacket1969
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) She's ay yatter-yatterin, and never devaulds.
1831 Gasometer 457 She yattered about an ugly man that cam' in a fiddle case.
1896 P. A. Graham Red Scaur viii. 121 Grace likes to yatter about the days when she bondaged for him.
1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast i. vi. 122 No company but a wheen ignorant Hielanders that yatter Gawlic.
1942 N. Streatfeild I ordered Table for Six 203 I don't like to yatter about flying much.
1950 ‘P. Woodruff’ Island of Chamba 124 As long as the British yatter on about going and don't go, things are bound to get worse in India.
1963 J. N. Harris Weird World Wes Beattie (1964) v. 62 This dear old Betty was yattering at me on Sunday morning when I was hung over to the eyeballs.
1977 J. I. M. Stewart Madonna of Astrolabe ii. 48 The confounded thing might tumble around our ears while we yattered.
Derivatives
ˈyattering n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]
wordyeOE
talewisec1200
i-worded?c1225
babblinga1250
cacklinga1250
chatteringa1250
speakfula1250
word-wooda1250
of many wordsc1350
janglingc1374
tatteringc1380
tongueya1382
ganglinga1398
readya1400
jargaunt1412
talkative1432
open-moutheda1470
clattering1477
trattling?a1513
windy1513
popping1528
smatteringa1529
rattle?1529
communicablea1533
blab1552
gaggling1553
long-tongued?1553
prittle-prattle1556
pattering1558
talking1560
bobling1566
gabbling1566
verbal1572
piet1573
twattling1573
flibber gibber1575
babblative1576
tickle-tongued1577
tattling1581
buzzing1587
long-winded1589
multiloquous1591
discoursive1599
rattling1600
glib1602
flippant1605
talkful1605
nimble-tongued1608
tongue-ripe1610
fliperous1611
garrulous?1611
futile1612
overspeaking1612
feather-tongueda1618
tongue-free1617
long-breatheda1628
well-breathed1635
multiloquious1640
untongue-tied1640
unretentive1650
communicative1651
linguacious1651
glibbed1654
largiloquent1656
multiloquent1656
parlagea1657
loose-clacked1661
nimble-chop1662
twit-twat1665
over-talkativea1667
loquacious1667
loudmouth1668
conversable1673
gash1681
narrative1681
chappy1693
apposite1701
conversative1703
gabbit1710
lubricous1715
gabby?1719
ventose1721
taleful1726
chatty?1741
blethering1759
renable1781
fetch-fire1784
conversational1799
conversant1803
gashing1808
long-lunged1815
talky1815
multi-loquacious1819
prolegomenous1822
talky-talky1831
nimble-mouthed1836
slipper1842
speechful1842
gassy1843
in great force1849
yattering1859
babbly1860
irreticent1864
chattable1867
lubrical1867
chattery1869
loose-mouthed1872
chinny1883
tongue-wagging1885
yappy1909
big-mouthed1914
loose-lipped1919
ear-bashing1945
ear-bending1946
yackety-yacking1953
nattering1959
yacking1959
woofy1960
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chattering
chaveling?c1225
janglingc1330
jangleryc1374
tatteringc1380
ganglinga1387
clatteringc1400
babbling?c1430
languetingc1450
pratinga1470
cackling1530
prattling1530
tattling1547
gaggling1548
clicketing1575
twattling1577
clacking1594
gabbling1599
blattering1604
snuttering1693
futileness1727
rattling1753
gabbering1798
magginga1800
yaffing1815
deblateration1817
tattlement1837
nattering1859
spieling1859
yattering1859
chatteration1862
quiddling1870
windjamming1886
waffling1958
motormouthing1981
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 > 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
1859 J. Watson Living Bards of Border 193 I winna get up, sae yer yatterin's vain.
1878 R. Ford Hamespun Days 105 A thrawart, yatterin', blatterin' mither.
1935 D. Rorie Lum Hat 58 Ta'en in By a yatterin' lump o' original sin.
1972 Hawick News 7 Jan. 7/4 Their yatterin', like the stream, goes on for ever.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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