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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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CHRONIC
(adjective) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; “chronic indigestion”; “a chronic shortage of funds”; “a chronic invalid”
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