Reverse Dictionary: CHAT

ADJECTIVES
1553 ► GAGGLING chattering, garrulous 
1556 ► TWITTLE-TWATTLE full of or given to idle or frivolous talk or chatter; gossipy, chatty → obs.
1573 ► TWATTLING chattering, babbling, prating → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1647 ► RATTLE-HEADED chattering, talkative, giddy, flighty, hare-brained 
1661 ► LOOSE-CLACKED chattering, loquacious → obs.
1665 ► BRIBBLE-BRABBLE chattering, garrulous; quarrelling → obs.
1665 ► TWIT-TWAT addicted to chatter, gossiping; characterized by frivolous or nonsensical talk → obs.
1719 ► GABBIE → GABBY chatty, garrulous, talkative; fluent in speech → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1721 ► HAVERING chattering, nonsensical, gossiping, garrulous → Sc.
1727 ► GARRULOSE fond of indulging in chatter; given to much talking; loquacious, talkative, always prating → obs.
1742 ► GEBBY chattering, loquacious, talkative → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1790 ► CANKING chattering, gossiping; whining, peevish → Eng. dial.
1790 ► NAFFING chattering; peevish; haggling over a bargain → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1802 ► PRATEFUL given to chattering, full of prate, loquacious, talkative → rare
1810 ► GABBING chattering, talkative, loquacious → Sc.
1825 ► NASHIN chattering, pert → Sc.
1827 ​► TWITTERING talking rapidly or volubly; chattering, gossiping
1828 ► A-CHATTER chattering 
1837 ► POLL-PARROTY loud and raucous, like a parrot; talkative, chattering
1865 ► BABBLY chattering, full of babble, prating, garrulous 
1870 ► SCLORIN  chattering, babbling → Sc.
1880 ► NASHIE chattering, talkative → Sc.
1895 ► PAITTERING chattering, muttering → Sc.
1900 ► GANDYING chattering, pert, foolishly talkative → Sc. (Bk.)
1900 ► GAWPY noisy, chattering → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► ON THE WAG chattering; said of the tongue → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1905 ► HAFFLING AND JAFFLING chattering, gossiping → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► WAFFLY given to chattering and gossiping → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1938 ► TALKIFIED chatty, talkative, gossipy → Amer. dial.
1976 ► MOTORMOUTHED given to incessant chattering → Amer. sl.

ADVERBS
1934 ► NEWSY-LIKE in a chatty manner → Sc.

NOUNS
1340 ► DALLIANCE  chat, talk, confabulation, converse, usually of a light or familiar kind, but also used of serious conversation or discussion → obs.
1340 ► JANGLE chatter, idle talk, jabber; an idle word → obs.
1400 ► GLAVER chatter; idle, foolish, or gossiping talk or story; also, one addicted to such gossip → obs. rare exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1450 ► CONFABULATION a chat, a talking together; an easy, familiar talk, conversation, or discourse 
1529 ► TITTLE-TATTLE chatter, talk, prattle; esp. empty or trifling talk about trivial matters; petty gossip 
1532 ► BABBLERY chattering, idle talk, senseless babble or prating; a foolish tale → obs.
1547 ► RABBLEMENT chatter, confused, random talk; an idle, purposeless speech → obs. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1549 ► GARRULING a chattering or talking volubly → obs. rare
1556 ► PRITTLE-PRATTLE chatter; empty or idle talk; the innocent chattering of children → rare exc. Eng. dial.
1556 ► TWITTLE-TWATTLE chatter, idle talk, gossip, tittle-tattle → obs.
1577 ► TWATTLING idle talking, chattering → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1595 ► PRIBBLE-PRABBLE trivial or nonsensical speech or writing; a squabbling, a quarrelling; idle chit-chat → chiefly Eng. dial.
1603 ► PRIBBLE AND PRABBLE trivial or nonsensical speech or writing; a squabbling, a quarrelling; idle chit-chat
1639 ► TWATTLE idle talk, chatter, babble
1644 ► JABBERMENT chatter, senseless talk; nonsense; gibberish → colloq. rare
1656 ► TOLUTILOQUENCE chatter, talking ‘at a trot; voluble speech, talkativeness → obs. rare
1668 ► GAGGLE chatter, gabble 
1674 ► LEDEN → LIDDEN chatter, noise, din → Eng. dial.
1676 ► CACKLE idle, inconsequent, noisy chatter → sl.
1677 ► TWIT-TWAT chatter, idle talk, tittle-tattle → obs.
L17   ► CRACKLE  empty chatter, foolish talk → sl.
18C   ► GABBLE chatter, verbosity 
E18   ► SCANMAG  chatter, gossip, scandal → sl.
E18   ► YACKETY-YACK → YACKETY-YAK → YAKETY-YACK → YAKETY-YAK → YAKKETY-YACK → YAKKETY-YAK aimless chatter or talk 
E18   ► YACKY-YAK aimless chatter or talk 
1706 ► JABBER chatter; incoherent, inarticulate, or unintelligible speech, as a foreign language heard by one ignorant of it → sl.
1740 ► CANK → CONK a chat, gossip, chatter → Eng. dial.
1748 ► JAW chatter, impudence; any sort of talk → sl.
1748 ► PALAVER → PERLAVER chat, talk, conversation 
1751 ► GUM chatter, impertinent talk → sl.
1774 ► GABBING chatter, talk; gabble → Sc.
1778 ► MAG chatter, prattle; a talk, gossip, chat → colloq. & Eng. dial.
1781 ► GAMMON chatter, talk 
1781 ► GAMMON AND PATTER verbose chatter, plausible talk, ‘jaw’ → UK sl. obs.
1787 ► HAIVERS → HAVERS chatter, foolish talk, nonsense; rarely used in singular → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
19C   ► CAGMAG chatter, idle talk; gossip; an unsettled argument → Eng. dial.
19C   ► CRACK a friendly chat → Sc. & Eng. dial.
19C   ► GAB idle chatter → sl.
19C   ► HOB-GOB chatter, gossip, silly, empty talk → Eng. dial.
19C   ► JIBBER-JABBER chatter, noisy, nonsensical talk; idle talk → Sc.
19C   ► CHATTERMAG chatter, talk, gossip → Eng. dial. or colloq.
1800 ► HAVERING  chatter, gossip, nonsense → Sc.
1804 ► COZE an intimate, friendly chat → colloq., arch.
1808 ► WHITTER-WHATTER chatter; loquacity; trifling conversation → Sc. obs.
1809 ► RATTLE chatter, scolding → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1812 ► TALKEE-TALKEE chatter, small talk; petty or childish talk; continuous talk or prattle 
1814 ► MAGGING chattering, talking → sl.
1817 ► DEBLATERATION chattering; talkativeness 
1819 ► YABBLE chatter, talkativeness → Sc.
1820 ► KECKLE loud chatter; a cackling, chattering; idle or foolish talk → Sc.
1825 ► GAB-NASH petulant chattering → Sc.
1825 ► LATITAT a noise, a scolding; idle talk, chatter → Eng. dial.
1832 ► YATTER → YATTER-YATTER continuous chatter; rambling and persistent talk → Sc.
1833 ► GABBLEMENT chatter; rapid, unintelligible noise; gabbling 
1835 ► BAVARDAGE chattering, idle talk, prattle 
1836 ► GALDER chatter, noisy, foolish talk → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1837 ► COZEY a quiet chat → obs.
1838 ► PAITER → PATER chatter, talk; a word → Sc.
1840 ► RAG-SAUCE  chatter; impudence → sl.
1842 ► HAIVER a desultory chat; a gossip → Sc.
1843 ► CAILEY → CALEY → CAYLEY → KALEY → KALY a chat, gossip among neighbours → Ireland
M19  ► AIR  empty chatter, nonsense, rubbish; boasting → Amer. sl.
M19  ► LOLLYGAG  empty chatter, foolishness; nonsense → sl.
M19  ► NIGGER TALK  chatter; irresponsible gossip → US sl., derogatory
M19  ► YOP  idle, trivial chatter → sl., orig. US
1850 ► CANKING chattering, gossip → Eng. dial.
1852 ► YARN a chat, a talk, a conversation → Aust. sl.
1855 ► YABBER chatter, talk, a conversation; applied to the speech of the Australian aborigines → Aust.
1856 ► CRICK-CRACK a chat, a talk, a conversation → Sc.
1859 ► CHELP chatter; impudent or contentious talk → Eng. dial.
1862 ► LALLYGAG chatter, idle talk; foolishness, nonsense → Amer. dial.
1866 ► NATTER aimless chatter, nagging talk → Sc.
1866 ► TONGUE-WORK chatter, gossip, babble 
1866 ► TWIDDLE-TWADDLE foolish chatter, idle talk 
1866 ► VILLYAROO idle, silly chatter, foolish talk, nonsense → Sc.
1866 ► YAG chatter, gossip; the act of gossiping → Sc.
1867 ► CAMPLE chat, conversation, a gossiping conversation → Eng. dial.
1867 ► TELL a chat, a talk, conversation; gossip; tidings, news → Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
1868 ► BRIBBLE-BRABBLE vain chatter or wrangling; quarrelling → obs.
1868 ► YAFF chatter, prattle → Sc.
1873 ► SCANDAL-CRACK a chat involving the repetition of scandal → Eng. dial.
1874 ► CANKING-PLECK a place to chat in → Eng. dial.
1879 ► CHINWAG a chat, a conversation → sl.
1880 ► COOZE → COUSE a chat, a gossip → Eng. dial.
1880 ► GAB-GASH petulant or pert chatter; voluble talk → Sc.
1885 ► TALKEE chatter, small talk; petty or childish talk; continuous talk or prattle → colloq.
1889 ► CADDLEMENT chatter, gossip → Eng. dial.
1891 ► CABALLING chattering, gossiping → Eng. dial.
1892 ► BABBLEMENT noisy, foolish chatter → Eng. dial.
1894 ► CHIN chatter, idle talk, conversation → Amer. dial.
1896 ► CHIN-MUSIC chatter; talk → sl. (Bk.)
1896 ► GOB chatter, talk → sl. (Bk.)
1896 ► LINGO chatter, talk → sl. (Bk.)
1896 ► LIP LOBS chatter, talk → sl. (Bk.)
1896 ► PATTER chatter, talk → sl. (Bk.)
1896 ► SNAFFLE chatter, talk → sl. (Bk.)
1898 ► BAL chattering, loud talking → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BLABBER chatter, idle talk → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BLOBBER chatter, idle talk → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► CACKLING chattering, talebearing; used chiefly of women → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► KEG-MEG chatter, idle talk; an unsettled argument → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► CAMP a chat, a talk → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
L19   ► BARRIKIN  chatter → sl.
L19   ► CAFFLING  idle chattering, gossiping → Ireland
L19   ► GAG  chatter, as in a restaurant or bar → sl.
L19   ► RAG CHEWING a chatting or arguing → US sl.
L19   ► SPLASHING  garrulous or foolish chatter → sl.
20C   ► OLD TALK chatter, gossip, rhetoric, empty boasting → W. Indies & Black British usage
1900 ► GACK chatter, idle talk → Ireland (Bk.)
1900 ► GOLDER low, noisy, vociferous language; a chat → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1903 ► COOSY informal conversation; a chat → Eng. dial. obs.
1904 ► SCANCHUS a chat, a story, discussion → Ireland (Bk.)
1904 ► SCAVEL-AN’-GOW chatter, the noise of confused talking; scolding; a pack of lies → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► ODD TALK chatter, gossip, trifling dialogue → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► PATE chatter, prating → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► RAP a friendly chat → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► WAB foolish chatter, nonsense → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1910 ► WALKTALK a stroll on which the walkers chatter together → Aust. sl.
1913 ► GABFEST an occasion of much chatting and gossiping → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1913 ► MUSH excessive chatter; a talking to excess → Amer. dial.
1913 ► PARTLE chatter, prattle → Sc.
1923 ► YATTERIN a noisy chattering → Sc.
1930 ► BUZZ chatter, conversation → Amer. sl.
1930 ► YAP a chat or conversation → sl.
1940 ► HABDABS → THE ABDABS empty chatter, nonsense → sl.
1940 ► LABRISH chatter, gossip → W. Indies
1940 ► YATATA chatter, talk → US sl.
1941 ► GUMBO-YA-YA a gathering of women at which there is much chatter and gossip → Amer. dial.
1945 ► EARBASHING an insistent barrage of chatter; constant nagging → Aust. sl.
1950 ► FRABBAJABBA nonsensical chatter → US sl.
1950 ► YACKING → YAKKING aimless chatter → sl.
1950 ► YAKKAPUKEE chatter, talk → Aust. sl.
1958 ► YACK incessant chatter, empty, idle talk → sl.
1958 ► YAK-YAK loquacious chatter or talk → sl.
1959 ► YACKER chatter, talk → Aust. sl.
1960 ► CONVERSATION PIT a sunken area in the floor of a living room where people may gather to chat → Amer. sl.
1961 ► ABBA-DABBA chatter, gossip → US sl.
1970 ► KAFOOSTER idle chatter, useless talk → US sl.
1974 ► NOISE chatter, nonsense → colloq. (Bk.)
1975 ► GYAFF idle chat, gossip; a chat, a piece of gossip → Guyana
1980 ► LYRICSING chatting up, sweet-talking → Black British sl.
1993 ► YADDA YADDA YADDA predictable, repetitive, essentially meaningless chatter or conversation → US sl.
1999 ► CHINWAG a chat or gossip → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► FLAPJAW chatter; gossip → US sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
1225 ► CACKLE  a chatterer; a gossip; a telltale, tattler, or blabber; one who divulges a secret → sl.
1250 ► GALEGALE  a chatterer; a noisy fellow; a monotonous, sing-song fellow → obs.
1303 ► JANGLER a chatterer; an idle talker; a prater → obs.
1366 ► BABBLER a chatterer; a foolish or idle talker; a prater 
1386 ► LAB → LABBE  a chatterbox; a blab; a telltale; a great talker; a gossip → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1400 ► CACKLER  a chatterer; a gossip; a talkative person; a telltale, tattler, or blabber; one who divulges a secret → sl.
1470 ► WINDBAG a chatterer and a boaster → US sl.
1500 ► DAW  a chattering, silly person; a simpleton; a fool → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1523 ► JAY an impertinent chatterer; an impudent person; a talkative person 
1549 ► FLIBBERTIGIBBET a chattering or gossiping person; a flighty, restless, or frivolous woman 
1550 ► TATTLER a chatterer; an idle talker; a gossip; a talebearer; a telltale 
1552 ► CLATTERFART a chatterer; a babbler; a blabber; a tale-teller → obs.
1577 ► TWATTLER a chatterer, a babbler, a tattler → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1588 ► SAUCE-BOX a chattering, pert child; a saucy, impudent fellow → colloq.
1596 ► PARAKEET a person who chatters like a parakeet, or dresses in gay apparel 
1596 ► PARAQUITO a person who chatters like a parakeet, or dresses in gay apparel 
1603 ► BAGPIPE a tedious chatterbox; an inflated and senseless talker; a windbag; a long-winded monotonous speaker 
1608 ► BABLIAMINY a chatterer; a babbler, a foolish or idle talker → obs.
1614 ► NIMBLE-CHOPS a chatterbox; a talkative person → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1632 ► MAGPIE an idle or impertinent chatterer → obs.
1636 ► PRATE-APACE a chatterbox; one who prates on; a forward, talkative child 
1653 ► GIBBLE-GABBLER a chatterer; a person who talks senselessly → obs.
1662 ► TWITTLE-TWAT a chatterer; one who talks nonsense; a tattler; a babbler → obs. rare
1671 ► PRATTLE-BOX a chatterbox; a talkative person; a prattler; a chatterer → obs.
1678 ► BABELARD a chatterer; a babbler; a talkative person → obs.
1678 ► JABBERER a chatterer; a person who talks nonsense; one who talks indistinctly or unintelligibly 
1688 ► TWATTLE-BASKET an idle chatterer; one who does nothing but twattle; a chatterbox; a babbler 
1700 ► TONGUE-PAD  a chatterer; a talkative person; a prattler → Eng. dial. & sl.
1709 ► RATTLER a person who chatters constantly → rare
1725 ► CLATTERN a chatterer; a gossip; a tattler; a babbler → Sc.
1725 ► PRITTLE-PRATTLE a silly chatterer; a gossip 
1746 ► LAB-O’-THE-TONGUE a chatterbox; a blab; a tittle-tattler; one who cannot keep a secret  Eng. dial.
1772 ► HAIVEREL → HAIVREL → HAVEREL → HAVREL a foolishly chattering or garrulous person; a fool; a half-wit; a simpleton → Sc.
1785 ► RATTLE-HORN a chatterbox; a lively, thoughtless person; a giddy girl; a flirt → Eng. dial.
1787 ► BLELLUM an idle chatterer; a foolish, talkative person → Sc.
1789 ► KAE a chatterbox; a thief or cheat → Sc.
1789 ► RATTLE-PATE a chatterbox; a lively, thoughtless person; a giddy girl; a flirt → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1790 ► RATTLE-SCULL → RATTLE-SKULL a chatterbox; a lively, thoughtless person; a giddy girl; a flirt → Sc.
1793 ► GABBER a chatterer; an indiscreet talkative person; a gossip;  one who is loquacious and rather impudent in conversation 
L18   ► AGREEABLE RATTLE a chattering, but not unpleasant, young man → sl.
19C   ► BABBLE-MERCHANT a chatterbox → sl.
19C   ► CHATTERMAG a chatterbox; a talkative woman; a gossip → Eng. dial. or colloq.
19C   ► CLACK-BOX a chatterbox; a garrulous person → Eng. dial.
19C   ► GABBLE a chatterer; a gossip → sl.
19C   ► RATTLE a chatterer; a person who talks volubly; a stupid fellow → Sc. & Eng. dial.
19C   ► RATTLE-CAP a chatterbox; a lively, thoughtless person; a giddy girl; a flirt → Eng. dial.
19C   ► WHITTER-WHATTER a chatterer; a talkative woman → Sc. obs.
1800 ► MOUTH ALMIGHTY a chatterbox; a talkative, loud-mouthed person → colloq., chiefly Brit., usually derogatory
1808 ► GABBIT CHIT a chattering child → Sc.
1813 ► GAB-SNASH a pert or voluble chatterer → Sc. obs.
1822 ► CLATTER-STOUP a chattering, noisy person; a gossip → Sc.
1822 ► GAB a chatterbox; a loquacious speaker; a tattler; one who cannot keep a secret → Sc.
1824 ► YAABER a chatterer; an incessant talker → Sc.
1824 ► YABBOCK a chatterer; an incessant talker → Sc.
1825 ► HAVERER a person given to foolish or inconsequential chattering; a garrulous person, a chatterbox → chiefly Sc.
1825 ► PATTER a chatterbox; a loquacious, talkative person, usually applied to a woman → Sc.
1825 ► YAP a chatterbox; someone who talks interminably in an affected manner; a windbag → Sc.
1825 ► YIFF-YAFF a small, puny, insignificant person given to idle chatter → Sc. (Bk.)
1828 ► MILL-HAPPER a chattering, garrulous person → Sc.
1838 ► YABB a chatterbox; an interminable talker → Sc.
1841 ► GABBIE a chatterbox; a tattler; a person who is loquacious and rather impudent in conversation → Sc.
1842 ► BARBER’S CAT a chatterer; a gossip; one who prefers talk to action → sl.
1847 ► LONG-TONGUE a chatterbox, a talebearer, a telltale, gossip, blabber, or a divulger of secrets 
1848 ► TATTLE-MONGER a chatterbox; a gossip 
1850 ► A TAGUE FOR TONGUEING a chatterbox; an interminable talker; a gossip → Sc.
1850 ► A TAGUE FOR THE TONGUE a chatterbox; an interminable talker; a gossip → Sc.
1852 ► YABBERER a chatterer; a talkative, loquacious person → Aust. sl.
1855 ► GASSER a chatterer; a talkative or boastful person → colloq., orig. US
1865 ► YARN-SPINNER a chatterer; a narrator; one who ‘spins a yarn’; a story-teller → colloq.
1866 ► GABBOCK a chatterbox; a loquacious speaker; a tattler → Sc.
1868 ► YANGLERS chatterers → obs. (Bk.)
1869 ► RATTLEBOX a chatterer; a talkative person; a flighty person → Amer. dial.
1870 ► GABSTER a chatterer; a gossip; a talkative person → colloq.
1871 ► TONGUESTER a chatterer; a talkative person; a great talker; a gossip; a babbler 
1875 ► GABBLE-GASH  a chatterer; a very loquacious person → Sc.
1879 ► GLAB a chatterer; a talkative person; a gossip → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1880 ► YABBLE a chatterbox; a garrulous person → Sc.
1880 ► YABBLOCK a chattering, talkative person; a garrulous person → Sc.
1885 ► TATTERER a chatterbox; a voluble talker → Sc.
1887 ► YAFF a chatterbox; a pert creature → Sc.
1888 ► GABBLE-RATCHET a confirmed chatterbox; a noisy child → Eng. dial.
1890 ► YARN-CHOPPER a chatterer; a story-teller, a long prosy talker → UK sl.
1890 ► YARN-SLINGER a chatterer; a long, prosy talker; one who writes tales in newspapers; a story-teller → sl.
1892 ► MAG a chatterer; a chatterbox; a talkative, garrulous person → colloq. & Eng. dial.
1895 ► TWITTERER a person who talks at length or in an idle or trivial manner; a chatterer, a prattler
1897 ► HAIVER → HAVERS a chattering, stupid person; an incoherent or garrulous person; a lazy, idle fellow → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1898 ► CLATTER-WALLET a chatterbox; an incessant talker; a gossip → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► TALE-PITCHER a chattering malcontent; a person who tells a good story; a romancing talker → sl.
20C   ► LABBER-MOUTH a chatterer; a talker → W. Indies 
20C   ► MAGSMAN a chatterbox; a talker → Aust. sl.
1900 ► GABBY a chattering, pert person → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► NEWSER a person who is fond of a chat; a conversationalist → Sc.
1901 ► YABBLER a chatterbox; a talkative person → Sc.
1901 ► YAPPER a chatterer; a talkative person 
1902 ► BAG-PUNCHER a complainer; one who talks at length, gossips, or chats → Amer. sl.
1902 ► WAG-TONGUE a malicious chatterer 
1904 ► WABBLER a chattering fool; a fluent speaker → sl. (Bk.)
1904 ► YANKIE a chatterbox → sl. (Bk.)
1905 ► MILL-CLAPPER a great chatterbox; a constant talker → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► TARTLE a chatterbox; a dawdler, a slow mover; a waster of time → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► TARTLER a chatterbox; a dawdler, a slow mover; a waster of time → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► TARTLES a chatterbox; a dawdler, a slow mover; a waster of time → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1908 ► NATTER a continual chatterer; a crabbed, nagging person → Sc.
1910 ► ALLIGATOR a chatterbox; a ‘big mouth’ → US sl.
1911 ► TATTLE-BOX a chatterbox; a prating gossip → sl.
1913 ► BABBLING BROOK a chatty person; a gossip → US sl.
1913 ► HABBERER a chatterbox; a stammerer; a talkative person → Sc.
1916 ► GASHELBIKE a chatterbox; a talkative person → Sc.
1919 ► CHIN-WAGGER a chatterbox; an excessive talker → Amer. dial.
1919 ► NATTEREL a continual chatterer; a crabbed, nagging person → Sc.
1923 ► GAB-NASH a pert or voluble chatterer; a prattling, forward girl → Sc.
1929 ► RALLIGUT a chatterbox; a person who talks too much → Sc.
1931 ► GABBO → GABO a chatterer; a talkative person → US sl.
1931 ► GASSY a chatterer; a talkative person → US prison sl.
1934 ► WOOFER a person who chatters meaninglessly → African-American sl.
1936 ► GABBLETRAP a silly chatterer → Aust. sl.
1940 ► LABRISHER a chatterer; a telltale → W. Indies
1940 ► POL a talkative person; a chatterer or gossip → UK prison sl.
1941 ► EAR-BASHER a chatterer; a boring, incessant talker; a loudmouth who refuses to stop talking → Aust. & NZ sl.
1942 ► BLATHERGAB a chatterer; a gossip → Amer. dial.
1942 ► MOUTY-MOUTY → MOWTI-MOWTI a chatterbox; a gossip  W. Indies 
1942 ► NASH a chatterbox → Sc.
1943 ► MOUT-HAB-NUTTIN-FE-DO a chatterbox, a malicious gossip; ‘mouth has nothing (better) to do’ → W. Indies 
1950 ► LABA → LABBA a chatterbox; a gossip; a talkative person → W. Indies
1950 ► LABA-LABA → LABBA-LABBA a chatterbox; a gossip; a talkative person → W. Indies
1955 ► MOTORMOUTH a chatterbox; a gossip; a person who talks fast and incessantly, usually to little purpose  sl., orig. US
1956 ► YIFF a small, puny, insignificant person given to idle chatter → Sc.
1959 ► YACKER → YAKKER a chatterbox; a gossip; a person who talks too much; a loquacious person → sl.
1966 ► MOUT-A-MASSEY → MOUT-A-MASSI a chatterbox; a gossip → W. Indies 
1966 ► MOUTH-OFF a chatterer; a braggart, a boaster → sl., orig. US
1970 ► MOUTHAR a chatterbox; a gossip; one who cannot be trusted to keep secrets → W. Indies 
1971 ► RAPPER a chatterer; a loquacious talker → sl., orig. US
1975 ► YO-YO MOUTH a chatterer; a person who talks too much → US sl.
1980 ► SACK MOUTH a chatterer; a gossip → African-American sl.
1983 ► MOUTHAMASSY a chatterbox → W. Indies 
1983 ► YAP YAP a chatterer; a talkative person → Aust. sl.
1994 ► MOUTHAMASSY LIZA a chatterbox → W. Indies 
1997 ► GABSLICK an inveterate chatterer; a talkative person → Ulster sl. (Bk.)
2003 ► GAB-BOX a chatterer → sl.

PHRASES
1905 ► ONE’S TONGUE GOES LIKE A WAG-SAW one is a chatterbox → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

VERBS
1205 ► TALE  to chatter, to discourse, to talk; to gossip; to tell tales → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1275 ► MAMBLE  to chatter, to mumble or mutter → obs.
1300 ► DALLY  to chat, to talk or converse lightly or idly → obs.
1300 ► GANGLE  to chatter, to talk excessively → obs.
1300 ► JANGLE  to chatter, to babble, to prate; to talk excessively or noisily → obs.
1366 ► JARGON to chatter, to warble, to twitter → obs.
1377 ► CARP to chatter, to talk much, to prate → obs.
1382 ► GARRE to chatter, to growl, to snarl; to chide; to chirp, to twitter → obs.
1430 ► LANGUET  to chatter, to talk idly → obs. rare
1450 ► SMATTER to talk ignorantly or superficially of something, to prate, to chatter → obs.
1499 ► JABBER to chatter; to speak fast and indistinctly; to talk thick and fast; to talk gibberish; to speak or say rapidly, incoherently, and without making sense 
1528 ► CLITTER  to chatter, to talk excessively → obs.
1529 ► CRACK to chat; to gossip → Sc.& Eng. dial.
1530 ► CACKLE to chatter; to talk inconsequentially; to prattle → UK
1549 ► JARGLE to chatter, to utter a harsh or shrill sound; to jar → obs.
1552 ► PRITTLE-PRATTLE to chatter, to prate, to talk idly → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1553 ► GAGGLE  to chatter, to talk volubly → obs.
1570 ► JABBLE to chatter, to gabble, to prattle; to talk rapidly and indistinctly or unintelligibly; to speak volubly and with little sense 
1573 ► CLICKET to chatter 
1573 ► TWATTLE to talk idly or trivially; to chatter, to babble, to tattle, to prate → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1577 ► TWITTLE to chatter, to utter idly, to babble → obs.
1583 ► TITTLE-TATTLE to chatter, to prate; to talk idly; to gossip 
1613 ► CONFABULATE to chat, to talk easily together; to converse 
1623 ► DEBLATERATE to chatter, to prate, to babble, to talk excessively → rare
1630 ► TWITTER to talk in a rapid, tremulous voice; to chatter; also, to sing in a manner likened to that of a bird
1647 ► SNATTER to chatter → obs. rare
1656 ► GARRULATE to utter in a chattering manner; to say or speak with garrulity → obs. rare
1656 ► GLOTTER to chatter → obs.
1656 ► VERBIGERATE to chat, to speak, to talk → obs.
E18   ► SCANMAG  to chatter; to gossip → sl.
1733 ► PALAVER to chat, to talk, to converse, to argue → UK sl.
1740 ► RICK to chatter, to rattle, to jingle, to make a noise → Eng. dial.
1741 ► CANK to chatter, to cackle as geese; to talk rapidly → Eng. dial.
1748 ► JAW to chatter; to abuse; to use violent language → sl.
1773 ► GASH to talk freely or loquaciously; to converse, to chatter, to prattle → Sc.
1777 ► HAGGLE to chatter; to quarrel, to bicker → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1790 ► CAMP to chat, to talk, to gossip → Eng. dial.
1790 ► GAB to chatter, to speak, to talk; to talk incessantly → Sc. & Eng. dial.
19C   ► CAGMAG to chat idly; to gossip → Eng. dial.
19C   ► CHATTERMAG to chatter → Eng. dial. or colloq.
19C   ► NABBLE to chatter; to gossip → Eng. dial.
E19   ► SAW AWAY  to chatter on; to talk incessantly → sl.
1808 ► GANDY to chatter in a pert manner; to talk foolishly, to brag, to boast → Sc. obs.
1808 ► YABBER to chatter, to gossip; to talk in a voluble or excited way → Sc.
1808 ► YABBLE to chatter, to gabble, to talk excessively → Sc.
1808 ► YAFF to chatter, to talk excessively; to talk nonsense; to prate; to nag → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1810 ► MAG to chatter, prattle, talk continuously; to gossip, chat → Eng. dial.
1810 ► MAG AWAY to chatter 
1810 ► MEG to chatter 
1818 ► COZE to participate in an intimate or friendly chat → arch.
1820 ► CHELP to chatter or speak pertly or saucily; to talk too much → Eng. dial.
1824 ► YAUP → YAWP to speak in a chattering, nagging, or querulous way; to harp on → Sc.
1825 ► GAFF to chatter, to babble; to talk loudly and merrily → Sc. obs.
1825 ► GANGE to chatter, to prate tediously; to gossip → Sc.
1825 ► YATTER → YATTER-YATTER to chatter, to ramble on in a confused or foolish manner; to prattle, to talk interminably → Sc.
1826 ► PARLEYVOO to chatter meaninglessly; to talk fine or big → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1833 ► COSHER to chat in a friendly and familiar fashion → colloq.
1847 ► YARN to chat, to converse, to talk → sl.
M19  ► BURBLE  to chatter pleasantly → sl.
1851 ► GAM to have a chat; to engage in conversation; to make a call; to have a chat → US sl.
1854 ► TATTER to chatter, to talk idly, to prate; to scold → Sc. obs.
1863 ► RICKLE to chatter, to rattle, to jingle; to make a noise → Eng. dial.
1865 ► POLL-PARROT to chatter like a parrot; to talk incessantly or inconsequentially; to prattle; also, to repeat words or phrases without apparent understanding or thought
1866 ► BUZZ to chat with, esp. in a cajoling or flirtatious manner; hence to court; also, to accost or proposition → Amer. sl.
1866 ► YAG to chatter, to gossip, to prate → Sc.
1870 ► COOZE to chat, to gossip → Eng. dial.
1870 ► LALLYGAG → LOLLYGAG to chatter, to talk idly; to loiter, to lounge, fool around → Amer. dial.
1870 ► RATTLE to chatter, to talk volubly; to prate → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1870 ► SCLORE  to chat or talk in a long gossipy manner; to prate, to babble → Sc.
1872 ► CHIN to chat, to talk; to gossip → Amer. sl.
1875 ► CAG to chatter, to gossip → Eng. dial.
1876 ► PARWHOBBLE to chatter, to talk continuously, so as to engross the conversation; to talk quickly → Eng. dial.
1881 ► PRABBLE to chatter noisily → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1881 ► WALLOP to chatter, to move the tongue with rapidity; to scold → Sc.
1882 ► TROTTLE to chatter → Sc.
1884 ► SHUCKLE to chatter, to rattle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1887 ► GLAVER to chatter, to babble, to talk foolishly or heedlessly; to gossip → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1889 ► CADDLE to chatter, to gossip → Eng. dial.
1892 ► BUCK to chatter and prate, to talk egotistically; to let one’s tongue run loose → Anglo-Indian (Bk.)
1892 ► CAILEY→ CALEY → CAYLEY → KALEY → KALY to chat, to gossip → Ireland
1895 ► YAP to chatter, to talk snappishly, noisily, or foolishly; to scold → Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
1897 ► YADDER to chatter, to talk incessantly → Eng. dial.
1898 ► CACK to chatter, to cackle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► NEWS to chatter, to gossip, to tell as news → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1898 ► YELLOP → YOLLUP to chatter idly → Eng. dial.
1899 ► BLOB to chat, to talk indiscreetly or excessively; to blab out → Amer. dial.
20C   ► CHEW THE FAT to chat at length, esp. about trivial matters → Amer. sl.
20C   ► EAT BIRD-SEED to chatter on incessantly and irritatingly → W. Indies sl.
20C   ► EAT PARROT BACKSIDE to chatter on incessantly and irritatingly → W. Indies sl.
20C   ► EAT PARROT BAMDAM to chatter on incessantly and irritatingly → W. Indies sl.
20C   ► EAT PARROT BOTTOM to chatter on incessantly and irritatingly → W. Indies sl.
20C   ► EAT PARROT-HEAD SOUP to chatter on incessantly and irritatingly → W. Indies sl.
20C   ► OLD TALK to chatter, to gossip, to make empty promises → W. Indies & Black British usage
1900 ► DAFF to chat in a dawdling, foolish way → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► GACK to chatter, to talk idly; to lie → Ireland (Bk.)
1900 ► GLABBER to chatter, to gabble → Amer. dial.
1900 ► PASS THE BUCK to chatter, to tell tales → US sl.
1901 ► FAN to converse, to chat, usually about sport → US sl.
1901 ► PUNCH THE BAG to chat, to talk at length, to gossip → Amer. sl.
1903 ► KNABBLE to chatter; to gossip; to idle about → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► ACKER to chatter → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► FAN to chat, to converse → Amer. sl.
1905 ► QUACK to chatter; to talk for the sake of talking; to gossip; to be noisy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► QUITHER to chatter or talk low; to whisper → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► TANK to chatter, to gossip; to loiter idly about → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► WAB to chatter; to gossip → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► YAPPER to chatter, to talk; to answer saucily; to mouth → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► YOPPER to chatter, to talk; to answer saucily; to mouth → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1908 ► AUGER → AUGUR to chat, to talk, to converse → Amer. dial.
1911 ► BLETHER to chatter, to talk nonsense; to prattle → Sc. (Bk.)
1928 ► AIR ONE’S PAUNCH to chatter, to boast, to brag; to talk noisily → US sl., chiefly West. usage
1929 ► FAN THE AIR to chatter; to gossip → Amer. sl.
1930 ► TALK THAT TALK to chatter inconsequentially; to make empty promises → African-American sl.
1934 ► CARVE UP SCORES to chat with a friend → US criminals’ sl.
1934 ► WOOF to chatter meaninglessly, to talk idly → African-American sl.
1935 ► BEAT ONE’S GUMS to chatter, to talk loudly or to no purpose; to complain → Amer. sl.
1940 ► BAT ONE’S GUMS to converse; to talk idly but volubly; to chat → World War II US sl.
1940 ► BEND SOMEONE’S EAR to chatter on interminably and probably tediously → sl., orig. US
1940 ► CRAP to talk aimlessly, pointlessly, or at tedious length; to chatter, to drivel → sl., orig. US
1940 ► HOCK to pester, to nag; to chatter incessantly → US sl.
1940 ► LOLLIGATE to chatter idly → Amer. dial.
1940 ► YACKETY-YACK → YACKETY-YAK → YAKETY-YACK → YAKETY-YAK → YAKKETY-YACK → YAKKETY-YAK to chatter or talk aimlessly → sl.
1940 ► YAK IT UP to chatter tediously → sl.
1941 ► RABBIT ON to chatter; to grumble; to mumble; to complain → sl.
1941 ► SHOOT THE BREEZE to chat, to talk idly → US sl.
1942 ► CONVERSATE to chat and socialize; to converse with another → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1943 ► NATTER to chat, to engage in aimless conversation → UK
1944 ► BEAT THE BREEZE to chat, to gossip → Amer. sl.
1945 ► CHIN-WAG to chatter, to talk excessively → Amer. dial.
1946 ► CROSS-JAW to chatter; to palaver; used chiefly of women → Amer. dial.
1946 ► FAN THE BREEZE to chatter, to talk → Amer. dial.
1946 ► BEAT ONE’S CHOPS to chatter, to talk loudly or to no purpose; to complain → Amer. sl.
1949 ► YAK to chatter either idly or stupidly or both → US sl.
1950 ► GOOF OFF to chat, to socialize → sl.
1950 ► YACK to chatter, to talk excessively → sl.
1950 ► YACKER to chatter, to talk, to gossip → Aust. sl.
1958 ► BACK THE BREEZE to chatter, to talk excessively; to gossip → Amer. dial.
1960 ► BATSHIT to chatter inconsequentially, to gossip → US sl.
1960 ► JEFF to chatter, to talk, esp. to seduce, to fool or deceive with a ‘line’ → African-American sl.
1960 ► LABA-LABA → LABBA-LABBA to chatter, to gossip; to betray secrets → W. Indies
1960 ► YARD to chat, to make small talk → sl.
1961 ► YAKKER to chatter, to talk loquaciously; to gossip → sl.
1962 ► CHIN-MUSIC to chat, to talk → Amer. sl.
1966 ► FAN THE FIRE to chatter, to talk → Amer. dial.
1966 ► LAB ONE’S MOUTH to chatter, to blab → Amer. dial.
1968 ► JIB-JAB to chat or talk → Amer. dial.
1974 ► BEAT THE BULL to chat, to gossip → Amer. sl.
1976 ► GYAFF to chat; to gossip → Caribbean
1985 ► MOTORMOUTH to chatter, to talk without stopping → Amer. sl.
1990 ► BAIL UP → BALE UP to stop someone on the street for a chat → Aust. sl.
2006 ► BEAK to chatter, to gossip → US sl. (Bk.)