chitter

[ chit-er ]

verb (used without object)

1. to twitter.

chitter

/ ˈtʃɪtə /

verb

1. to twitter or chirp
2. a dialect word for shiver 1 chatter

Word History and Origins

Origin of chitter¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of chitter¹

C14: of imitative origin

Example Sentences

You decide at last to cast off your ignorance and be of the elect—to know what chit means and if possible become a chitter.

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Uphill the chitter of a fluff-fur sounded twice—Tsoay was in position.

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

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It stirred and began to chitter feebly, very sleepy and cross at being awakened.

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Their chitter, chitter, chitter never for a moment ceases or even diminishes in intensity.

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