Natter
/ˈnætɚ/ noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Mindless and irrelevant chatter. colloquial
Verb
- 1 To talk casually; to discuss unimportant matters. colloquial
"What are you guys nattering about? You're clearly not following the meeting!"
- 2 talk socially without exchanging too much information wordnet
- 3 To nag. Scotland
Example
More examples"Tom caught up with an old work colleague for lunch, and they had a good natter about some of the funny things that had happened when they worked together."
Etymology
From a Northern England dialectal variant of gnatter (also knatter) ("to chatter, grumble; nibble away at"), ultimately of imitative origin. Cognate with German Low German gnattern (“to mumble, grumble, be grouchy”).