- Chitter
- Pronunciation:
-
\chit-er
- Function:
- verb
- Etymology:
- Middle English: imitative origin
intransitive verb
1
: make a twittering or chattering sound
<a pair of hawks arced chittering through the darkness>
2
: Scottish & dialect shiver with cold
<they stand chittering at bus stops>
chitter. (2013). In Oxford Online Dictionary. Retrieved March 14, 2013, from //oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/chitter?q=chitter
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