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Clitter

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Loose stones on hillsides deposited by weathering. countable, uncountable

    "A ‘clitter’ or ‘clatter’ is a mass of boulders: it may be in the nature of a scree at the foot of the parent rock, or it may be more or less far removed from any rock exposure to which its origin can be directly attributed."

Verb
  1. 1
    To clatter lightly; to make a soft rattling noise.

    "Howard […] was even more aware of something else. A clittering sound. It was coming from behind him, and it was getting closer."

  2. 2
    make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

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