"yatter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: yatters [plural]
Etymology: Imitative, perhaps from/suggested by yap/yammer + chatter. Cognate with Scots yatter, yater (“to nag, chide”), Norwegian Nynorsk jaddre (“to jabber”). Etymology templates: {{cog|sco|yatter}} Scots yatter, {{cog|nn|jaddre|t=to jabber}} Norwegian Nynorsk jaddre (“to jabber”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} yatter (countable and uncountable, plural yatters)
  1. Natter; prattle; mindless chatter. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-yatter-en-noun-Kv-1c8oU Disambiguation of Talking: 55 45

Verb

Forms: yatters [present, singular, third-person], yattering [participle, present], yattered [participle, past], yattered [past]
Etymology: Imitative, perhaps from/suggested by yap/yammer + chatter. Cognate with Scots yatter, yater (“to nag, chide”), Norwegian Nynorsk jaddre (“to jabber”). Etymology templates: {{cog|sco|yatter}} Scots yatter, {{cog|nn|jaddre|t=to jabber}} Norwegian Nynorsk jaddre (“to jabber”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} yatter (third-person singular simple present yatters, present participle yattering, simple past and past participle yattered)
  1. To natter; to prattle; to chatter mindlessly. Categories (topical): Talking Related terms: yada yada yada
    Sense id: en-yatter-en-verb-OmF6vkSI Disambiguation of Talking: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82

Inflected forms

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