chitter

[ chit-er ]

/ ˈtʃɪt ər /

verb (used without object)

to twitter.

Nearby words

chitlings, chiton, chitosan, chittagong, chittamwood, chitter, chitter-chatter, chitterlings, chiungchou, chiusi, chiv

Origin of chitter

1350–1400; Middle English che(a)teren, chiteren, variant of chateren to chatter

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Examples from the Web for chitter

It stirred and began to chitter feebly, very sleepy and cross at being awakened.
McTeague|Frank Norris
Their chitter, chitter, chitter never for a moment ceases or even diminishes in intensity.
Birds of the Plains|Douglas Dewar
He was conscious of the chitter of insects, but no animals lingered here.
Star Born|Andre Norton
A chitter of sound came from his audience, so that it appeared that they were all of a strain.
The Fifth Queen Crowned|Ford Madox Ford

I confess I felt a touch of nausea, but nothing compared with the priest, whose teeth began to chitter in an ague of horror.
The Shoes of Fortune|Neil Munro

British Dictionary definitions for chitter

chitter

/ (ˈtʃɪtə) /

verb (intr)

mainly US to twitter or chirp

a dialect word for shiver 1, chatter (def. 3)

Word Origin for chitter

C14: of imitative origin

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Word Origin and History for chitter

chitter

c.1200, imitative of birds. Related: Chittered; chittering.

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chitter

verb (used without object)

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