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chitter

[ chit-er ]
/ ˈtʃɪt ər /

verb (used without object)

to twitter.

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Origin of chitter

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

Words nearby chitter

chiton, chitosan, Chi-tse, Chittagong, chittamwood, chitter, chitterlings, Ch'iu Ch'u-chi, Chiusi, chiv, chivalric
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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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