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chitterings

chitterings is the plural of chittering.

Meaning of chittering

Noun

chittering (plural chitterings)

  1. The sound of a chitter.
    • Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music.1870, Shirley Hibberd, Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, page 170

Questions about chitterings

What is chitterings the plural of?
Chitterings is the plural of chittering.

Words near chitterings in the dictionary

  1. chitter-chattered
  2. chitter-chattering
  3. chitter-chatters
  4. chittered
  5. chittering
  6. chitterings
  7. chitterling
  8. chitterlings
  9. chitters
  10. chitthi
  11. chitthis

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