CHATTER Copy link • CHATTER 1. v. of some birds, strepere: of the raven, crocire: crocitare. Of the teeth: to chatter with one’s teeth, dentibus crepitare. His teeth chatter, dentes colliduntur. Talk idly, etc., garrire: blaterare: hariolari: alucinari: nugari: fabulari: confabulari: fabulari inter se: sermones caedere. SYN. in BABBLE. 2. s. strepitus. Idle prate, garritus (late): confabulatio (late): garrulitas, loquacitas (loquacity). Sometimes gerrae: nugae (the former only in comedy: the senseless words of a foolish person: nugae, trifling stuff): fabulae (idle talk, with no foundation in fact): ineptiae (silliness; silly talk).