natter

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We'll have a good old natter, eat noodle soup and dance all night.

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  1. intransitive verb To talk idly; chatter.

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  • Thane saw the end of the canyon bleeding out into a natter area, a stark moonscape free of rocks, scrub and trees. —  A Man Alone by Lindsay Mckenna
  • To bed … well after more natter, some unrepeatable at the Hall and then to another hotel bar that shall remain nameless where they very British like decided that money was of no use to their business and were more keen on keeping up the illusion that there were not 101 people trying to pretend that they had a room there demanding to be served! —  Directors Notes
  • We'll have a good old natter, eat noodle soup and dance all night. —  Greenpeace UK - Comments
  • At the top of the list of celebrities reaping high rewards for their natter, was, who values his talk time at a huge GBP2,458 per minute - substantially more than any of his counterparts. —  Latest News from SYS-CON ITALIA
  • We were observant of details and appearances, and we could one and all "natter" over our small grievances without wearying of the subject, and without ever speculating on their causes, or devising remedies for them But, with Eleanor, facts served more as points to talk from, than as talk in themselves. —  Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Variant of dialectal gnatter, to nibble, natter.

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  1. Cf. nattle; cf. also Icelandic gnadda, murmur.
 

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/ˈnætər/
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