chatty

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæti/, [ˈt͡ʃæɾi]

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æti

From chat (“informal conversation”) + -y.

chatty (comparative chattier, superlative chattiest)

1. (informal) Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.
   • 2019 September 9, Kathryn Vasel, “Burnout is a big deal. Here’s how managers can spot it”, in CNN Business‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2025 March 5, “Ayr miles with a 'Spirit of Scotland'”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 43:

     Our ticket is checked after departure by a chatty guard.

2. (informal) Of a text or speech, expressed in a conversational style.
3. (computing) Supplying more information than necessary; verbose.

   Chatty error messages may help attackers to compromise your server.

• See also Thesaurus:talkative

From chat (“louse”) + -y.

chatty (comparative chattier, superlative chattiest)

1. (British, Australia, New Zealand, dated or dialect) Infested with lice; or, (figuratively) dirty, worn or of poor quality; lousy.
   • 2014, Ian Robson, “Fenham residents campaign against plans to replace wall with wooden fence”, The Chronicle:

     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.

chatty (plural chatties)

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