Synonyms of chitter

chitter

verb

ˈchi-tər 

as in to chirp

to make a short sharp sound like a small bird

the chittering birds outside were driving the cat crazy

the cell phone chittered in his pocket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chirp
• peep
• chirrup
• tweet
• pipe
• jargon
• chatter
• twitter
• cheep
• sing
• pip
• jabber
• cackle
• trill
• warble

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chitter

The ice rocked four or five feet in each direction, and suddenly a group of penguins surfaced beside the kayak and started chittering. — Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026

Harding sings in the hooded, lower end of her range, and the music is filled with nighttime sounds—chittering percussion, organ. — Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026

The group set out in the park to investigate chittering sounds that turned out to be a couple of white-breasted nut hatches. — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 2025

In early 2020, Daniel Bachman stood at the edge of a creek in Falmouth, Virginia, recording the sounds of the insects chittering and buzzing around him. — Brendan Fitzgerald, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024

Where birds and frogs and rodents once chirped and croaked and chittered, the forest is silent, save for the sounds of passing cars. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024