chittered; chittering; chitters
Examples of chitter in a Sentence
the chittering birds outside were driving the cat crazy
the cell phone chittered in his pocket
Recent Examples on the Web
The ice rocked four or five feet in each direction, and suddenly a group of penguins surfaced beside the kayak and started chittering.
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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.
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Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
The group set out in the park to investigate chittering sounds that turned out to be a couple of white-breasted nut hatches.
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Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
22 Sep. 2025
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.
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Brendan Fitzgerald,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Dec. 2024
Where birds and frogs and rodents once chirped and croaked and chittered, the forest is silent, save for the sounds of passing cars.
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Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2024
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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
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
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
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
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“Chitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chitter. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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