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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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chitter1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of chitter1

C14: of imitative origin

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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.

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

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.

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

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