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Clitter   Listen
verb
clitter  v. i.  To make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures, as of male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers.
Synonyms: stridulate.






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"Clitter" Quotes from Famous Books



... gone cold, and there was a low-lying whitish mist that made things indistinct. He was quite alone—for his coachman was ill in bed—and there was nothing to be seen on either hand but a drifting mystery of hedge running athwart the yellow glare of his lamps, and nothing to hear but the clitter-clatter of his horses and the gride and hedge echo of his wheels. His horse was as trustworthy as himself, and one does ...
— The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth • H.G. Wells

... pit in the rough ground beyond Four Acre Field," he said. "I came upon it this afternoon, rabbiting, and but for the blessing of God, should have falled in, for the top's worn away and some big stones have fallen in. 'Tis just off the path in that clitter of stone beside ...
— The Torch and Other Tales • Eden Phillpotts



Words linked to "Clitter" :   noise, stridulate, make noise



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