chitter

A verb used to describe the act of making a series of short, high-pitched sounds, often associated with small animals or birds, or to shiver or tremble from cold.

• 🇩🇪Verb, das eine Serie kurzer, hoher Töne beschreibt, wie sie oft von kleinen Tieren oder Vögeln erzeugt werden; auch zittern oder frösteln vor Kälte.

1. Make high-pitched sounds B2 informal

   To produce a series of short, high-pitched sounds, like those made by small birds or animals.

   • The sparrows chittered in the bushes at dawn.
   • We could hear the mice chittering behind the wall.
   • The baby birds chittered loudly when their mother returned.

   🇩🇪Zwitschern

   Synonyme: chattercheepchirppeepsqueaktwitter

• chittered past participle
• chittered past simple
• chittering present participle
• chitters third person singular