v. To make a series of high-pitched sounds; to twitter, chirp or chatter.
v. To shiver or chatter with cold.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
verb-intransitive. To chirp in a tremulous manner, as a bird.
verb-intransitive. To shiver or chatter with cold.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To chirp; twitter.
To shiver; shake, as with cold.
To chatter.
n. In coalmining, a seam of coal separated from another by a thin band of shale or clay.
n. A thin stratum of clay ironstone.
n. The chattering or twittering of birds.
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v. make high-pitched sounds, as of birds
Word Usage
"The moment his eyes fell upon madam of the fluffy hair, he burst out with a loud, rapid woodpecker "chitter," gradually growing higher in key and louder in tone."