CLITTER

stridulate, clitter

(verb) make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; “male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

clitter (third-person singular simple present clitters, present participle clittering, simple past and past participle clittered)

To clatter lightly; to make a soft rattling noise.

Noun

clitter (countable and uncountable, plural clitters)

Loose stones on hillsides deposited by weathering.

Synonyms

• scree

Source: Wiktionary



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