chatty

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   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. 2

   Of a text or speech, expressed in a conversational style.

3. 3

   Supplying more information than necessary

   Supplying more information than necessary; verbose.

   • Chatty error messages may help attackers to compromise your server.
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   1. 4

      Infested with lice

      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.
   2. 5

      Alternative form of chattee (“Indian clay pot”).

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