chitter

chit·ter

C0310900 (chĭt′ər)intr.v. chit·tered, chit·ter·ing, chit·ters To twitter or chatter, as a bird.

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[Middle English chiteren, of imitative origin.]

chitter

(ˈtʃɪtə) vb (intr) 1. chiefly US to twitter or chirp2. a dialect word for shiver¹, chatter³[C14: of imitative origin]

chit•ter

(ˈtʃɪt ər)

v.i. to twitter. [1350–1400; Middle English che(a)teren,chiteren, alter. of chateren to chatter]

chitter

Past participle: chittered
Gerund: chittering

Imperative
chitter
chitter

Present
I chitter
you chitter
he/she/it chitters
we chitter
you chitter
they chitter

Preterite
I chittered
you chittered
he/she/it chittered
we chittered
you chittered
they chittered

Present Continuous
I am chittering
you are chittering
he/she/it is chittering
we are chittering
you are chittering
they are chittering

Present Perfect
I have chittered
you have chittered
he/she/it has chittered
we have chittered
you have chittered
they have chittered

Past Continuous
I was chittering
you were chittering
he/she/it was chittering
we were chittering
you were chittering
they were chittering

Past Perfect
I had chittered
you had chittered
he/she/it had chittered
we had chittered
you had chittered
they had chittered

Future
I will chitter
you will chitter
he/she/it will chitter
we will chitter
you will chitter
they will chitter

Future Perfect
I will have chittered
you will have chittered
he/she/it will have chittered
we will have chittered
you will have chittered
they will have chittered

Future Continuous
I will be chittering
you will be chittering
he/she/it will be chittering
we will be chittering
you will be chittering
they will be chittering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been chittering
you have been chittering
he/she/it has been chittering
we have been chittering
you have been chittering
they have been chittering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been chittering
you will have been chittering
he/she/it will have been chittering
we will have been chittering
you will have been chittering
they will have been chittering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been chittering
you had been chittering
he/she/it had been chittering
we had been chittering
you had been chittering
they had been chittering

Conditional
I would chitter
you would chitter
he/she/it would chitter
we would chitter
you would chitter
they would chitter

Past Conditional
I would have chittered
you would have chittered
he/she/it would have chittered
we would have chittered
you would have chittered
they would have chittered

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

chitter - make high-pitched sounds, as of birdstwittercheep, chirp, chirrup, peep - make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes"