clitter v 1: make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate" [syn: {stridulate}, {clitter}]
clitter \clitter\ v. i. to make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures, as of male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers. Syn: stridulate. [WordNet 1.5]