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–verb (used without object)
to twitter.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME che(a)teren, chiteren, var. of chateren to chatter]
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chit·ter    Audio Help   (chĭt'ər)  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   chit·tered, chit·ter·ing, chit·ters
To twitter or chatter, as a bird.


[Middle English chiteren, of imitative origin.]

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chitter

verb
make high-pitched sounds, as of birds 

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Chitter

Chat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Chattering.] [Of imitative origin. Cf. Chat, v. i. Chitter.]

1. To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.

The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters. --Wordsworth.

2. To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate.

To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue. --Shak.

3. To make a noise by rapid collisions.

With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright. --Dryden.

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