单词 | clitter |
释义 | clittern. dialect. 1. = clatter n.2 ΚΠ 1884 Illustr. London News Christmas No. 23/2 They might have taken shelter among a ‘clitter’ of rocks somewhere. 2. dialect. A flutter. ΚΠ 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 12/1 I was all of a clitter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018). clitterv. a. To chatter. Obsolete. ΘΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter chavel?c1225 babblea1250 chattera1250 clacka1250 janglea1300 ganglec1300 clapc1315 mumblec1350 blabberc1375 carp1377 tatterc1380 garre1382 rattlec1400 clatter1401 chimec1405 gabc1405 pattera1450 smattera1450 languetc1450 pratec1460 chat1483 jabber1499 clittera1529 cackle1530 prattle1532 blatter1533 blab1535 to run on pattens1546 tattle1547 prittle-prattlea1555 trattlea1555 tittle-tattle1556 quiddlea1566 brabble1570 clicket1570 twattle1573 gabble1574 prittle1583 to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597 to word it1612 deblaterate1623 tongue1624 twitter1630 snatter1647 oversay1656 whiffle1706 to gallop away1711 splutter1728 gob1770 gibble-gabble1775 palaver1781 to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785 gammon1789 witter1808 yabble1808 yaff1808 mag1810 chelp1820 tongue-pad1825 yatter1825 potter1826 chipper1829 jaw-jaw1831 buzz1832 to shoot off one's mouth1864 yawp1872 blate1878 chin1884 yap1888 spiel1894 to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895 to run off at the mouth1908 chattermag1909 clatfart1913 to talk a streak1915 to run one's mouth1916 natter1942 ear-bash1944 rabbit1950 yack1950 yacker1961 to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965 yacket1969 to twat on1996 a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. A.ii He prates and he patters He clytters and he clatters. b. Said of a grasshopper or cicada: cf. chitter v. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [verb (intransitive)] > emit sound (of cicada) clitter1844 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [verb (intransitive)] > emit sound (of grasshopper) petter1650 chirr1840 clitter1844 1844 Ld. Houghton To Eng. Lady in Mem. Many Scenes 177 I lay aloof, With the cicala faintly clittering near. 2. To make a thin vibratory rattle; to cause to vibrate and rattle lightly. transitive and intransitive. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > rattle rattlec1330 hoursch?a1400 rottlea1400 ruttlea1400 ricklec1400 to tirl at the latch, at the sneck15.. clitter1530 ruckle1700 jar1735 knock1869 ratchet1907 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (transitive)] > rattle to shake upc1430 clitter1530 berattle1553 rattle1560 rail1770 to spring one's rattle1787 to tirl the sneck1800 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 487/1 I clytter, I make noyse, as harnesse or peuter dysshes..These peuter pottes clytter as moche as if they were of sylver. ?1562 Thersytes sig. D.iiv Clytteringe and clatteringe there youre pottes with ale. 3. dialect. To flutter. ΚΠ 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 12/1 Clittering its wings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1880v.a1529 |
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