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chitter

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈtʃɪtə/Part of speech verbSorted cehirttStarts with CEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. make high-pitched sounds, as of birds

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • Whare wilt thou cower thy chittering wing, / An' close thy e'e?

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