verb
- to make a series of short, high-pitched sounds
Usage: often used to describe sounds made by small animals or birds
Examples
- The squirrels chitter in the oak tree every morning.
- Birds began to chitter as dawn approached.
- The monkey would chitter excitedly when visitors approached.
- We could hear the bats chitter in the cave.
- The chipmunk chittered angrily at the cat.
- Small birds chitter constantly in the hedge.