释义 |
yatter /ˈjatə /informal verb [no object]Talk incessantly; chatter: dear old Betty was yattering at me on Sunday...- They'd gone back to their room, to yatter about sex under the covers in dim light and comfort.
- Since I had only spoken to him once all night, I knew exactly what he was yattering on about and so I reacted.
- Probably I just realized I'd been yattering for a while, and stopped.
noun [mass noun]Incessant talk: there is no place like home for random yatter OriginEarly 19th century: imitative, perhaps suggested by yammer and chatter. Rhymesattar, batter, bespatter, chatter, clatter, flatter, hatter, Kenyatta, latter, matamata, matter, natter, patter, platter, ratter, regatta, satyr, scatter, shatter, smatter, spatter, splatter |