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yatter

yatter noun: natter; prattle; mindless chatter.

Noun

yatter (countable and uncountable, plural yatters)

  1. Natter; prattle; mindless chatter.

Verb

yatter (third-person singular simple present yatters, present participle yattering, simple past and past participle yattered)

  1. To natter; to prattle; to chatter mindlessly.

Forms of yatter

Noun
pluralyatters
Verb
third-person singular presentyatters
present participleyattering
past participleyattered
pastyattered

Origin of yatter

Imitative, perhaps from/suggested by yap/yammer + chatter. Cognate with Scots yatter, yater (“to nag, chide”), Norwegian Nynorsk jaddre (“to jabber”).

Questions about yatter

What does yatter mean?
Yatter means natter; prattle; mindless chatter.
What part of speech is yatter?
Yatter can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of yatter?
The plural of yatter is yatters.

Words near yatter in the dictionary

  1. Yatsushiro
  2. yatt
  3. yatta
  4. Yattalunga
  5. Yattendon
  6. yatter
  7. yattered
  8. yattering
  9. yatterings
  10. yatters
  11. yattle

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