The Clue
Surveillance pickup (7 letter answer)
The Answer
CHATTER
Tags
Notes
The answer CHATTER is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1600 puzzles.
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Definition
CHATTER as a noun:
1. (yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle) = noisy talk
2. (chatter, chattering) = the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
3. (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"