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clitter

English

Etymology

Related to clatter.

Verb

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

  1. To clatter lightly; to make a soft rattling noise.
    • 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger
      Howard […] was even more aware of something else. A clittering sound. It was coming from behind him, and it was getting closer.

Noun

clitter (countable and uncountable, plural clitters)

  1. Loose stones on hillsides deposited by weathering.

Synonyms

  • scree

clitter From the web:


critter

English

Etymology

First attested 1815, from a dialectal pronunciation of creature.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: kr?t??r IPA(key): /?k??t?/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k??t?/
  • Rhymes: -?t?(?)
  • Hyphenation: crit?ter

Noun

critter (plural critters)

  1. (usually endearing) A creature, an animal.

Coordinate terms

  • beastie

Translations

critter From the web:

  • what critters eat pumpkins
  • what critter is in my attic
  • what critters live in attics
  • what critters dig holes
  • what critter opens the show wicked
  • what critters eat tomatoes
  • what critters eat oranges
  • what critters eat apples
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