Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clitter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: clit-ter
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To clatter lightly; to make a soft rattling noise.

noun

Loose stones on hillsides deposited by weathering.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Howard […] was even more aware of something else. A clittering sound. It was coming from behind him, and it was getting closer."
"A ‘clitter’ or ‘clatter’ is a mass of boulders: it may be in the nature of a scree at the foot of the parent rock, or it may be more or less far removed from any rock exposure to which its origin can be directly attributed."

Etymology

Related to clatter.

Usage

Inflected Forms

clitters (present, singular) clittering (participle, present) clittered (participle, past) clittered (past) clitters (plural)

Synonyms

scree stridulate

Questions

What does clitter mean?: To clatter lightly; to make a soft rattling noise.
Where does clitter come from?: Related to clatter.

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