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Definition of Chitter
1. Verb. Make high-pitched sounds, as of birds.
Generic synonyms: Cheep, Chirp, Chirrup, Peep
Derivative terms: Twitter, Twitterer
Definition of Chitter
1. v. i. To chirp in a tremulous manner, as a bird.
Definition of Chitter
1. Verb. To make a series of high-pitched sounds; to twitter, chirp or chatter. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete Scotland) To shiver or chatter with cold. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chitter
1. to twitter [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: twitter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chitter
Literary usage of Chitter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wentworth Papers, 1705-1739: Selected from the Private and Family by Thomas Wentworth Strafford (1883)
"You.desired all the chitter Chatter I heard, so in obedience to your Excellency's
commands I doe, ..."
2. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"Nick, 'the baby-faced ' 0). Probably a dim. of chit (v. Chitty and chitter- ling)
.... chitter ..."
3. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"From amid the willows and alders along the wall there, I hear a bird sing,
a-chitter chitter chitter chitter chitter chitter, che che che che, ..."
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