natter

Verb

WordNet 3.0

talk socially without exchanging too much information“the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze”Synonyms: chew the fat shoot the breeze chat confabulate confab chitchat chit-chat chatter chaffer gossip jaw claver visit

Natter \Nat"ter\, v. i. [Cf. Icel. knetta to grumble.]

1.To find fault; to be peevish. [Prov. Eng. or Scot.] [1913 Webster]

2.To talk constantly; to chatter incessantly to prattle; as, nattering like a chatterbox. [PJC]