chatty

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

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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.
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

• chattily
• chattiness

From chat (“louse”) +‎ -y.

chatty (comparative chattier, superlative chattiest)

1. (Britain, 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”)