From a reduplication ofchatter. Comparechit-chat fromchat;pitter-patter frompatter; etc.

chitter-chatter (countable anduncountable,pluralchitter-chatters)

1. Light andlivelydiscussion.
2. Talk abouttrivial ornonsensicalmatters;inconsequential orincessantconversation.
3. (dialectal) Thechattering of teeth due totrembling,shivering, etc.

chitter-chatter (third-person singular simple presentchitter-chatters,present participlechitter-chattering,simple past and past participlechitter-chattered)

1. Totalk trivially, nonsensically, or incessantly.

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