The Clue
Idle talk (10 letter answer)
The Answer
CHATTERING
Tags
Notes
The answer CHATTERING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Starlings' activity
Definition
CHATTERING as a noun:
1. (chatter, chattering) = the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
2. (chatter, chattering) = the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
CHATTER as a verb:
1. (chatter, click) = click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth"
2. cut unevenly with a chattering tool
3. (chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit) = talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
4. (chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble) = speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
5. make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were chattering in the trees"
CHATTERING as an adjective:
1. engaged in making a rapid repetitive noise resembling speech; "the chattering sparrows"