natter

verb (used without object)

1. to talk incessantly; chatter.

noun

2. a conversation; chat.

verb

1. (intr) to talk idly and at length; chatter or gossip

noun

2. prolonged idle chatter or gossip

v.“grumble, chatter aimlessly, nag,” 1829, northern England dialect variant of gnatter “to chatter, grumble,” earlier (18c.) “to nibble away,” probably of echoic origin. Related: Nattered; nattering. As a noun, 1866, from the verb.