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chattery

chattery

7.5
Short high sounds that repeat, like quick clicks or bird calls
  • adjective
  • /ˈtʃætəri/
translation icon : 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
67 1.3

Making a high, sharp sound like a mouse or hinge

is usually less sharp and more about many quick small noises
yappy
vschattery
  • Informal
5 7.7

Talking or barking a lot in a high, annoying voice

is about non vocal quick noises rather than speech or barking
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
jingly
vschattery
1 4.4

A high ringing sound like small bells

is more about non musical short noises like clicks or bird chirps
squealing
vschattery
1 4.1

A high, sharp sound made by a mouse or brakes

is less piercing and more about short repeated small sounds
clackety
vschattery
7.4

Making quick, sharp clicking sounds like old train wheels

is broader covering birdlike chirps as well as clicks
clickety
vschattery
7.5

Making many quick clicking sounds

is more general including rattles and birdlike chirps
twittery
vschattery
7.5

Making short high sounds like small birds

is broader also used for quick mechanical clicks and rattles
atwitter
vschattery
  • Literature
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
2 5.5
chattery
7.5
to shrill
3 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.