chatten

verb
  1. To engage in informal conversation or exchange messages, typically in a digital format such as text or online chat. verb
    They spent the evening chatten with friends online.
    I often chatten with my colleagues during lunch breaks.
  2. To make a series of short, quick sounds, often used to describe the noise made by certain animals or mechanical devices. verb
    The squirrels were chatten in the trees above us.
    The old typewriter was chatten away as she typed her novel.