"whitter" meaning in English

See whitter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: whitters [present, singular, third-person], whittering [participle, present], whittered [participle, past], whittered [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} whitter (third-person singular simple present whitters, present participle whittering, simple past and past participle whittered)
  1. Alternative form of witter (“speak at length on a trivial subject”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: witter (extra: speak at length on a trivial subject)
    Sense id: en-whitter-en-verb-pEaIV3u3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for whitter meaning in English (1.1kB)

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