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chattery

chattery

1 7.5
Short high sounds that repeat, like quick clicks or bird calls
  • adjective
  • /ˈtʃætəri/
: chirriante
  • Birds filled the morning air with their chattery calls outside my window.

Examples

  • The old sewing machine sounded chattery as the needle hit the damaged fabric.

  • I heard the chattery sound of the wind chimes outside.

  • The engine became chattery after months without maintenance.

  • The chattery birds filled the morning air with their songs.

  • The birds outside my window were making their chattery calls, filling the air with delightful sounds.

  • I could hear the chattery noise of the wind-up toy as it rolled across the floor.

  • The old sewing machine emitted a chattery sound when it struggled to stitch the fabric.

Synonyms

squeaky
vschattery
39 1.3

Making a high, sharp sound like a mouse or hinge

is usually less sharp and more about many quick small noises
squealing
vschattery
7 4.1

A high, sharp sound made by a mouse or brakes

is less piercing and more about short repeated small sounds
yappy
vschattery
  • Informal
6 7.7

Talking or barking a lot in a high, annoying voice

is about non vocal quick noises rather than speech or barking
clickety
vschattery
4 7.5

Making many quick clicking sounds

is more general including rattles and birdlike chirps
clackety
vschattery
1 7.4

Making quick, sharp clicking sounds like old train wheels

is broader covering birdlike chirps as well as clicks
jingly
vschattery
1 4.4

A high ringing sound like small bells

is more about non musical short noises like clicks or bird chirps
chirpy
vschattery
1 2.7

Full of short high sounds made by birds or crickets

is broader not limited to animals and includes clicks or rattles
tinkly
vschattery
1 5.0

Making a light high ringing sound like small bells

is less musical and more about sharp clicks and rattles
twittery
vschattery
1 7.5

Making short high sounds like small birds

is broader also used for quick mechanical clicks and rattles
atwitter
vschattery
  • Literature
1 9.4

Full of quick small sounds and movement like birds in trees

is more about sound alone rather than movement or excitement

Antonyms

quiet
∞ 1.0

Not making much noise

Compounds

chattery kid
  • Informal
4.6

A child who talks a lot and is often noisy

How High-Pitched

piercing
23 5.5
chattery
1 7.5
to shrill
2 4.8

Surface Forms

chattery positive

Morphology

chattery = chatter (transparent) = chatter + y

Formed from the common verb/noun 'chatter' + the productive adjectival suffix '-y', so the meaning 'characterized by chatter/noisy twittering' is predictable.

Etymology

Chattery comes from the sound word chatter, which copies quick, short noises like birds' calls or a machine's clicking, and the ending -y means 'full of'. So something chattery makes many short, high noises.