0 present participle of natter
1 to talk continuously for a long time without any particular purpose:
Nattering was the probability that the parent responded with aversive behavior, regardless of the child's behavior.
Nattering was dropped because it loaded on both the positive and negative factors of parenting behavior.
The nattering indicator was computed as the probability that the parent would direct negative behavior at the target boy, given that the parent was interacting with the boy.
I have been nattering about differential taxation for years.
The trouble is that we need more than nattering.
What are they nattering about?
What is wrong with "nattering"?
I shall now finish my nattering.