chuttern.
/ˈtʃʌtə/ rare.
= chuttering n. at chutter v. Derivatives.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun]
rickling1611
bicker1870
chuttering1938
chutter1951
1951 J. Steinbeck Burning Bright i. 2 Came sounds of the developing show..the chutter of gathering people.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
chutterv.
/ˈtʃʌtə/ intransitive. To make a clattering, spluttering noise.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)]
bicker1748
volley1810
chutter1948
1948 D. Ballantyne Cunninghams ii. xix. 256 The mudguards scraped against the tires as it [sc. a truck] chuttered into Massey Avenue, and it sounded as though it would fall to pieces any old time.
1961 B. Crump Hang on a Minute Mate (1963) 15 An unregistered model A truck with a boiling radiator chuttered round the corner and stopped.
1961 W. Sansom Last Hours of Sandra Lee ii. 27 The typewriters belling and chuttering.
Derivatives
ˈchuttering n. (a) a subdued chirping (Eng. Dial. Dict.); (b) any kind of mechanically produced noise which is constantly repeated.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun]
rickling1611
bicker1870
chuttering1938
chutter1951
1938 J. Steinbeck Long Valley 155 The chuttering of the Diesel engine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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n.1951v.1938