natter
Meanings
verb
- To talk casually; to discuss unimportant matters.
- To nag.
noun
- Mindless and irrelevant chatter.
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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”).
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