clitter


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clitter

(ˈklɪtə)
vb (intr)
1. (of insects) to stridulate or make a shrill noise
2. to flitter
3. to chatter
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Verb1.clitter - make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate"
stridulate
make noise, noise, resound - emit a noise
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The wings flapped jerkily, click, block, clitter clock, and the machines drove up; they spread and ceased, and the apparatus came soaring through the air.
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