"natter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnætɚ/ [General-American], /ˈnætə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-natter.wav Forms: natters [plural]
Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ) Etymology: From a Northern England dialectal variant of gnatter (also knatter) ("to chatter, grumble; nibble away at"), ultimately of imitative origin. Cognate with German Low German gnattern (“to mumble, grumble, be grouchy”). Etymology templates: {{gloss|"to chatter, grumble; nibble away at"}} ("to chatter, grumble; nibble away at"), {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|nds-de|gnattern|t=to mumble, grumble, be grouchy}} German Low German gnattern (“to mumble, grumble, be grouchy”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} natter (plural natters)
  1. (colloquial) Mindless and irrelevant chatter. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-natter-en-noun-QMJE~KOi

Verb

IPA: /ˈnætɚ/ [General-American], /ˈnætə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-natter.wav Forms: natters [present, singular, third-person], nattering [participle, present], nattered [participle, past], nattered [past]
Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ) Etymology: From a Northern England dialectal variant of gnatter (also knatter) ("to chatter, grumble; nibble away at"), ultimately of imitative origin. Cognate with German Low German gnattern (“to mumble, grumble, be grouchy”). Etymology templates: {{gloss|"to chatter, grumble; nibble away at"}} ("to chatter, grumble; nibble away at"), {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|nds-de|gnattern|t=to mumble, grumble, be grouchy}} German Low German gnattern (“to mumble, grumble, be grouchy”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} natter (third-person singular simple present natters, present participle nattering, simple past and past participle nattered)
  1. (colloquial) To talk casually; to discuss unimportant matters. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Talking Translations (to talk idly): бърборя (bǎrborja) (Bulgarian), plapre (Danish), pulista (Finnish), jutella (Finnish), bavarder (French), blablater (French), papoter (French), garriō (Latin), tagarelar (Portuguese), болта́ть (boltátʹ) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-natter-en-verb-TSFowtUx Disambiguation of Talking: 5 51 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 46 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 45 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 44 52 Disambiguation of 'to talk idly': 94 6
  2. (Scotland) To nag. Tags: Scotland Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-natter-en-verb-tC8MuYV7 Disambiguation of Talking: 5 51 44 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 46 50 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 6 42 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 45 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 42 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 44 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 38 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 3 35 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 38 57 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 37 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 5 40 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 37 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 37 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nattersome

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for natter meaning in English (5.9kB)

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