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verb (used without object)
1.
to talk incessantly; chatter.
noun
2.
a conversation; chat.
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Natter
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Origin:
1820–30; variant of earlier gnatter < ?
1820–30; variant of earlier gnatter < ?
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Word Origin & History
natter
"grumble, fret," 1829, northern England dialect variant of gnatter "to chatter, grumble," earlier (18c.) "to nibble away," probably of echoic origin.
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