Chatty

Quick meaning: Chatty is an adjective meaning (informal) Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.

Meaning

(informal) Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.

More Meanings

1. (informal) Of a text or speech, expressed in a conversational style.
2. (computing) Supplying more information than necessary; verbose.
3. (British, Australia, New Zealand, dated or dialect) Infested with lice; or, (figuratively) dirty, worn or of poor quality; lousy.
4. Alternative form of chattee (“Indian clay pot”).

Example Sentences

Our ticket is checked after departure by a chatty guard.

Chatty error messages may help attackers to compromise your server.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• chattier
• chattiest
• chatties

Synonyms for chatty

Depending on context, synonyms include garrulous, loquacious, voluble, newsy, communicative, talkative.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include talky, communicative, talkative, loquacious, garrulous, voluble.

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