Thesaurus results for CHITTER

chitter

verb

ˈchi-tər

Definition of chitter

as in to chirp

to make a short sharp sound like a small bird the chittering birds outside were driving the cat crazy the cell phone chittered in his pocket

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Recent Examples of chitter Where birds and frogs and rodents once chirped and croaked and chittered, the forest is silent, save for the sounds of passing cars. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024 The group set out in the park to investigate chittering sounds that turned out to be a couple of white-breasted nut hatches. — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 2025 The ice rocked four or five feet in each direction, and suddenly a group of penguins surfaced beside the kayak and started chittering. — Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026 Harding sings in the hooded, lower end of her range, and the music is filled with nighttime sounds—chittering percussion, organ. — Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026 In early 2020, Daniel Bachman stood at the edge of a creek in Falmouth, Virginia, recording the sounds of the insects chittering and buzzing around him. — Brendan Fitzgerald, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024

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chirp

Verb

Sometimes crickets chirped in my head.

— Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
As Photay, Shornstein—a master synthesist and producer—flits between atmospheric house, dubby breakbeat workouts, and chirping electro funk, building his songs’ arrangements into strange, angular shapes.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 16 June 2026

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