Thesaurus results for CHITTERING

chittering

verb

present participle of chitter

as in chirping

to make a short sharp sound like a small bird the chittering birds outside were driving the cat crazy the cell phone chittered in his pocket

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Recent Examples of chittering The ice rocked four or five feet in each direction, and suddenly a group of penguins surfaced beside the kayak and started chittering. — 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

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chirping

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Even though the first game sold out on a rainy night, on the second night, a clear summer evening with cicadas chirping beneath a starry sky, the stadium was only two-thirds full.

— Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026
Field recordings—from the preparation of street food to birds chirping, taken mostly in public spaces around Doha—are a kind of sonic memory of a place that is rapidly changing.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

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