chitter

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈtʃɪtə/
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/ˈtʃɪtə/ · /ˈt͡ʃɪtɚ/

Definition of chitter

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To make a series of high-pitched sounds; to twitter, chirp or chatter.
    “It was a beautifully sunny day and beetles could be heard chittering loudly in the rose garden by the side of the path made out of antique bricks.”
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verb

  1. To make a series of high-pitched sounds; to twitter, chirp or chatter.
    “It was a beautifully sunny day and beetles could be heard chittering loudly in the rose garden by the side of the path made out of antique bricks.”
  2. (Scotland, obsolete)To shiver or chatter with cold.
    “Whare wilt thou cower thy chittering wing, / An' close thy e'e?”

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative, dialectal)Alternative form of chitterling.

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Etymology

From Middle English chiteren, chitren, cheteren. Ultimately onomatopoeic; compare didder and teeter as well as German zittern.

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