natter
pronunciation
How to pronounce natter in British English:
UK [ˈnætə(r)]
How to pronounce natter in American English:
US [ˈnætɚ]
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- Verb:
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
Word Origin
- natter (v.)
- "grumble, chatter aimlessly, nag," 1829, northern England dialect variant of gnatter "to chatter, grumble," earlier (18c.) "to nibble away," probably of echoic origin. Related: Nattered; nattering. As a noun, 1866, from the verb.
Example
- 1. We had a long natter over coffee .
- 2. My mother and her friends natter away on the phone all evening .
- 3. As shopping turns into a lifestyle choice , and marketers natter on about the need for it to become experientially and emotionally resonant entertainment , the bits of it that actually pressed all those buttons in a powerful way have been lost .
- 4. The ' work out ' could involve such activities as restoration work to hedge pruning all agree that meeting other people and ' having a natter and a laugh ' is a big attraction of the scheme .
- 5. So although he and mr vargas esquivel natter to each other in spanish , they insist that the firm 's official language must be english .