Verb: natter na-tu(r)
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and nattering";
- chew the fat [informal], shoot the breeze [N. Amer, informal], chat, confabulate, confab [informal], chitchat [informal], chit-chat [informal], chatter, chaffer, gossip, jaw [informal], claver [UK, dialect], visit [N. Amer, informal], gas [informal], chew the rag [informal], gab [informal], chinwag [Brit, informal]
Usage: informal
- An informal conversation
"They had a quick natter in the hallway before the meeting";
- chat, confab [informal], confabulation, schmooze [informal], schmoose [informal]
Derived forms: nattered, natters, nattering
Type of: conversation, converse, convo [Austral, informal], discourse
Encyclopedia: Natter