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clitter en · NOUN

Etymology

Related to clatter.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Loose stones on hillsides deposited by weathering.
    • 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. 1967 [1953], R.Hansford Worth, chapter 1, in G.M. Spooner, F.S. Russell, editors, Worth’s Dartmoor, Newton Abbott: David and Charles, →ISBN, page 24:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
clitters Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

scree

clitter en · VERB

Etymology

Related to clatter.

Meanings

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

Forms

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clittering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
clitters Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
clittered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
clittered Tense=Past lexicographic