chitter

[ chit-er ]

verb (used without object)
  1. to twitter.

Origin of chitter

1
1350–1400; Middle English che(a)teren,chiteren, variant of chateren to chatter

Words Nearby chitter

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How to use chitter in a sentence

  • 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.

    East of Suez | Frederic Courtland Penfield
  • Uphill the chitter of a fluff-fur sounded twice—Tsoay was in position.

    The Defiant Agents | Andre Alice Norton
  • I confess I felt a touch of nausea, but nothing compared with the priest, whose teeth began to chitter in an ague of horror.

  • 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

British Dictionary definitions for chitter

chitter

/ (ˈtʃɪtə) /


verb(intr)
  1. mainly US to twitter or chirp

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

Origin of chitter

1
C14: of imitative origin

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