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chatterer

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person who chatters; a chatterbox.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of several passerine birds, mostly from South America; especially the cotingas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 3

passerine bird of New World tropics

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cotinga

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird

Narrower terms: cock of the rock, Rupicola rupicola, Rupicola peruviana, bellbird, umbrella bird, Cephalopterus ornatus

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noun

Meaning 4

an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: babbler, prater, chatterbox, magpie, spouter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der. Middle English chateren English chatter English -er English chatterer From chatter + -er.

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