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- Middle English · inherited fromchiteren
- English todaychitter
From Middle English chiteren, chitren, cheteren. Ultimately onomatopoeic; compare didder and teeter as well as German zittern.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
chitter
Today it means: To make a series of high-pitched sounds; to twitter, chirp or chatter. Full definition →
Middle English chiteren