To make repeated sharp, clicking sounds, like birds, insects, or small animals; to chatter or twitter.
Imitative origin, from the sound itself. Related to 'chatter' and 'twitter,' reflecting how languages capture animal sounds through similar phonetic patterns.
Onomatopoeia like 'chitter' proves that language emerges directly from nature—across languages, quick, repeated sounds are often represented with similar-sounding words, as if language is trying to imitate the world.
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