Word of the Day 04/08/27 Natter
Natter (noun, verb)
natter [ nat-er ]
verb (used without object)
1. to talk incessantly; chatter.
noun
2. a conversation; chat.
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WORDS RELATED TO NATTER
chatter, babble, blather, cackle, call, inform, rumor, tattle, blab, chat, chitchat, clack, gab, gabble, gas, gibber, gossip, jabber, jaw, palaver
ORIGIN: First recorded in 1820-30; variant of earlier gnatter < ?
HOW TO USE NATTER IN A SENTENCE
She means it, I believe; but she does natter him so that it would make me sick, if it didn't make me so wretched!
MAGNUM BONUM | CHARLOTTE M. YONGE
I niver seed a man pitch into anything like as that natter-list did into that horseflesh.
THE DOG CRUSOE AND HIS MASTER | R.M. BALLANTYNE
It is not worth the while to natter The pride of writers we despise.
LITERARY FABLES OF YRIARTE | TOMAS DE IRIARTE
Though you are indeed the fairest of women, those men only natter you; they do not love you.
ONE OF CLEOPATRA'S NIGHTS AND OTHER FANTASTIC ROMANCES | THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
The natter-jack (Bufo calamita), a closely allied species to the common toad, is found about Killarney.
NOTES AND QUERIES, VOL. IV, NUMBER 88, JULY 5, 1851 | VARIOUS
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
natter [ nat-er ]
verb (used without object)
1. to talk incessantly; chatter.
noun
2. a conversation; chat.
See synonyms for natter on Thesaurus.com
WORDS RELATED TO NATTER
chatter, babble, blather, cackle, call, inform, rumor, tattle, blab, chat, chitchat, clack, gab, gabble, gas, gibber, gossip, jabber, jaw, palaver
ORIGIN: First recorded in 1820-30; variant of earlier gnatter < ?
HOW TO USE NATTER IN A SENTENCE
She means it, I believe; but she does natter him so that it would make me sick, if it didn't make me so wretched!
MAGNUM BONUM | CHARLOTTE M. YONGE
I niver seed a man pitch into anything like as that natter-list did into that horseflesh.
THE DOG CRUSOE AND HIS MASTER | R.M. BALLANTYNE
It is not worth the while to natter The pride of writers we despise.
LITERARY FABLES OF YRIARTE | TOMAS DE IRIARTE
Though you are indeed the fairest of women, those men only natter you; they do not love you.
ONE OF CLEOPATRA'S NIGHTS AND OTHER FANTASTIC ROMANCES | THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
The natter-jack (Bufo calamita), a closely allied species to the common toad, is found about Killarney.
NOTES AND QUERIES, VOL. IV, NUMBER 88, JULY 5, 1851 | VARIOUS
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.