chatter ring

noun

Etymology

From the rattling noise that the beads make as they spin on the ring.

Definitions

  1. A toy that consists of a metal ring with beads strung on it, played by spinning the beads…

    A toy that consists of a metal ring with beads strung on it, played by spinning the beads while keeping the ring turning.

    • To the rescue was a handful of Invercargill's constabulary and they acquired even an appearance by Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt rattling a chatter ring in the council chambers.
    • Until this point, life has been one ladder rung after another: your first word; that time you got all five bolts of your chatter ring spinning at once; finishing high high school; scraping through university; and now, landing a job.
    • Silverstream School principal Greg Hurley said there had been issues in the past with things like chatter rings, Weet-Bix cards and New World Little Shop mini grocery items.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for chatter ring. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA