clitter

(ˈklɪtə)

vb (intr)

1. (of insects) to stridulate or make a shrill noise

2. to flitter

3. to chatter

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Verb

clitter - make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate"

stridulate

make noise, noise, resound - emit a noise

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A whirring of engines, click, clock, clitter clock, smote upon his ears.

The wings flapped jerkily, click, block, clitter clock, and the machines drove up; they spread and ceased, and the apparatus came soaring through the air.

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