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chitter
[
chit
-er
]
chit·ter
/
ˈtʃɪt
ər
/
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chit
-er
]
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verb (used without object)
to twitter.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
che
(
a
)
teren,
chiteren,
variant of
chateren
to
chatter
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to bark; yelp.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
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chitter
(ˈtʃɪtə)
—
vb
1.
chiefly
(
US
) to twitter or chirp
2.
shiver
a dialect word for
chatter
[C14: of imitative origin]
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