chatter on

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to continue talking for a long time, especially about unimportant things

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  • He chattered on happily for about half an hour.
  • She's just chattering on about her new boyfriend; I can't get a word in.
  • Once you get him started on politics, he'll chatter on all night.
  • I couldn't stand my roommate chattering on while I was trying to study.
  • My grandmother can chatter on for hours about the old days.
  • I wish he would stop chattering on so we could start the meeting.
  • He just kept chattering on, completely unaware that everyone was bored.
  • The two friends would chatter on excitedly over coffee every Saturday.
  • Please don't chatter on during the movie, she whispered.
  • She would chatter on about the most trivial things, like the weather.