chatty

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈt͡ʃæti/(US)
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/ˈt͡ʃæti/(US) · [ˈt͡ʃæɾi](US)

Definition of chatty

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (informal)Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.
    “When a typically chatty employee who often participates in meetings and is engaged and enthusiastic suddenly becomes unmotivated and quieter, that person could be at risk for burnout.”
    “Our ticket is checked after departure by a chatty guard.”
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adj

  1. (informal)Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.
    “When a typically chatty employee who often participates in meetings and is engaged and enthusiastic suddenly becomes unmotivated and quieter, that person could be at risk for burnout.”
    “Our ticket is checked after departure by a chatty guard.”
  2. (informal)Of a text or speech, expressed in a conversational style.
  3. Supplying more information than necessary; verbose.
    “Chatty error messages may help attackers to compromise your server.”
  4. (Australia, British, New-Zealand, dated, dialectal)Infested with lice; or, (figuratively) dirty, worn or of poor quality; lousy.
    “Now there are plans to put up a cheap and chatty wooden fence which will not provide anything like the security the old wall did and it will not have the same character.”

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of chattee (“Indian clay pot”).

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From chat (“informal conversation”) + -y.

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