chatter vs gassing

chatter

noun
  • Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk. 

  • The vocalisations of a Eurasian magpie, Pica pica. 

  • One who chats. 

  • The sound of talking. 

  • The vocalisations of various birds or other animals. 

  • The situation where a drill or similar tool vibrates and tears the material rather than cutting it cleanly. 

  • An intermittent noise, as from vibration. 

  • In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity. 

  • A user of chat rooms. 

verb
  • To talk idly. 

  • To make a noise by rapid collisions. 

  • To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. 

gassing

noun
  • boasting; insincere or empty talk 

  • Any similar process of singeing. 

  • The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibres. 

  • Poisoning by noxious gas. 

  • The liberation of hydrogen from an overcharged battery due to electrolysis of the electrolyte. 

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