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Definition of Clitter
1. Verb. Make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures. "Male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate"
Generic synonyms: Make Noise, Noise, Resound
Derivative terms: Stridulation
Definition of Clitter
1. Noun. Loose stones on hillsides deposited by weathering. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clitter
1. to make a shrill noise [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clitter
| clitoridectomized clitoridectomizing clits clitter (current term) clittered clitters clitties clival cliver clivers | clivia clivias clivis clivities clivity clivus clivus ocularis |
Literary usage of Clitter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Savoy Opera and the Savoyards by Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (1899)
"To the pretty pitter-pitter-patter, And the clitter- ... Glitter clitter—clatter,
Fitter—pitter—patter— W^ will dance a cachucha, fandango, bolero. ..."
2. Wolf-hunting and Wild Sport in Lower Brittany by Edward William Lewis Davies (1875)
"Her perseverance was marvellous ; but, withal, in ten minutes she had scarcely
advanced twenty yards, and the main stronghold of the clitter was yet a good ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"clitter-TO-CLATTER[ ... (I) can't conceive whatever they can have to talk about—
there they are, clitter-clatter from Monday morning to Saturday night. 2. ..."
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