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Chitter

//ˈtʃɪtə// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of chitterling. alt-of, alternative, dialectal
Verb
  1. 1
    To make a series of high-pitched sounds; to twitter, chirp or chatter.

    "It was a beautifully sunny day and beetles could be heard chittering loudly in the rose garden by the side of the path made out of antique bricks."

  2. 2
    make high-pitched sounds, as of birds wordnet
  3. 3
    To shiver or chatter with cold. Scotland, obsolete

    "Whare wilt thou cower thy chittering wing, / An' close thy e'e?"

Etymology

From Middle English chiteren, chitren, cheteren. Ultimately onomatopoeic; compare didder and teeter as well as German zittern.

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