yatter

[ yat-er ]

verb (used without object)

1. to chatter or jabber.

noun

1. chatter; idle talk.

yatter

/ ˈjætə; ˈjɑtər /

verb

1. to talk at length; chatter

noun

1. continuous chatter

Word History and Origins

Origin of yatter¹

1865–70; perhaps ya(p) + (cha)tter

Word History and Origins

Origin of yatter¹

of imitative origin

Example Sentences

The Americans were to be the matter and yatter of Britain for the ensuing three years, in which some 2 million G.l.'s bought and bulled their way through England's gray and rationed land.

From Time Magazine Archive

The yatter over Prohibition died with Repeal.

From Time Magazine Archive

I replied, for the woman's yatter, yatter easily vexed me, being still weak.

From Project Gutenberg

An' this arternoon, she went into Tilly Ellison's with her work, an' it come to me all of a sudden how I'd git Tim Yatter to harness an' load the chist onto the pung, an' I'd bring it over here, an' we'd look it over together; an' then, if there's nothin' in it but what I think, I'd leave it behind, an' maybe you or Sadie 'd burn it.

From Project Gutenberg

An' this arternoon, she went into Tilly Ellison's with her work, an' it come to me all of a sudden how I'd git Tim Yatter to harness an' load the chist onto the pung, an' I'd bring it over here, an' we'd look it over together; an' then, if there's nothin' in it but what I think, I'd leave it behind, an' maybe you or Sadie'd burn it.

From Project Gutenberg