Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to natter
Participle: nattered
Gerund: nattering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | natter |
| you | natter |
| he;she;it | natters |
| we | natter |
| you | natter |
| they | natter |
Perfect
| I | have nattered |
| you | have nattered |
| he;she;it | has nattered |
| we | have nattered |
| you | have nattered |
| they | have nattered |
Past
| I | nattered |
| you | nattered |
| he;she;it | nattered |
| we | nattered |
| you | nattered |
| they | nattered |
Pluperfect
| I | had nattered |
| you | had nattered |
| he;she;it | had nattered |
| we | had nattered |
| you | had nattered |
| they | had nattered |
Future
| I | will natter |
| you | will natter |
| he;she;it | will natter |
| we | will natter |
| you | will natter |
| they | will natter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have nattered |
| you | will have nattered |
| he;she;it | will have nattered |
| we | will have nattered |
| you | will have nattered |
| they | will have nattered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | natter |
| you | natter |
| he;she;it | natter |
| we | natter |
| you | natter |
| they | natter |
Perfect
| I | have nattered |
| you | have nattered |
| he;she;it | have nattered |
| we | have nattered |
| you | have nattered |
| they | have nattered |
Imperfect
| I | nattered |
| you | nattered |
| he;she;it | nattered |
| we | nattered |
| you | nattered |
| they | nattered |
Pluperfect
| I | had nattered |
| you | had nattered |
| he;she;it | had nattered |
| we | had nattered |
| you | had nattered |
| they | had nattered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would natter |
| you | would natter |
| he;she;it | would natter |
| we | would natter |
| you | would natter |
| they | would natter |
Perfect
| I | would have nattered |
| you | would have nattered |
| he;she;it | would have nattered |
| we | would have nattered |
| you | would have nattered |
| they | would have nattered |
Imperative
| you | natter |
| we | Let's natter |
| you | natter |
Verbs conjugated like 'natter'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'natter'
atter,
batter,
hatter,
matter,
patter,
tatter,
yatter,
alter,
balter,
banter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to talk too much; to talk idly
- babble, bat the breeze, blab, blabber, blather, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, chinwag, chit-chat, chunner, clack, claver, clepe, drivel, gabble, gibber, go on, jabber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, rabbit, rabbit on, ramble, shoot the breeze, shoot the bull, shoot the shit, smatter, tattle, twaddle, waffle, wibble, witter, yabber, yack, yap, yatter
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "grumble, fret," 1829, northern England dialect variant of gnatter "to chatter, grumble," earlier (18c.) "to nibble away," probably of echoic origin.
2. 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”).
Sample Sentences
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What are you guys nattering about? You're clearly not following the meeting!