natter

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”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnætɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnætə/

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• Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: nat‧ter

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.

   What are you guys nattering about? You're clearly not following the meeting!

2. (Scotland) To nag.

• nattersome

natter (plural natters)

1. (colloquial) Mindless and irrelevant chatter.

• See also Thesaurus:chatter

• Arnett, attern, net art, ratten, tarten, treant

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natter

1. comparative degree of nat

• ratten, tarten

From natte +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /na.te/

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natter

1. to plait; to braid

• dénatter

• “natter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• entrât, ratent, râtent, rentât, tarent