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Shuttered vs Chuttered - What's the difference?

shuttered | chuttered |

As verbs the difference between shuttered and chuttered

is that shuttered is past tense of shutter while chuttered is past tense of chutter.

shuttered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (shutter)

    • shutter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who shuts or closes something.
  • * (Max Beerbohm)
    • it would be very difficult to pack this drawing in such a way that it would be sure not to be injured by the frantic fingers of the openers and shutters .
  • (usually, in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
  • (photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in during taking a picture.

    • Derived terms

    * roller shutter * shutter priority * shutter speed

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To close shutters covering.
    • Shutter the windows, there's a storm coming!
  • To close up (a building or an operation) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
    • It took all day to shutter the cabin now that the season has ended.
    The US is seeking to get Iran to shutter its nuclear weapons program.

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    chuttered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (chutter)

    • chutter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An alarm call used by vervets to warn of the presence of a snake.
  • * 1985 , Alison Jolly, The Evolution of Primate Behavior (page 75)
    • Vervet monkeys have several different sorts of call, including "leopard alarm barks," "eagle rraups'," and "snake ' chutters " (Struhsaker, 1967).
  • * 1995 , Stanis?aw Puppel, The Biology of Language (page 3)
    • The vervet's main claim to fame, however, lies in its alarm calls, in which it distinguishes between different types of predator: a chutter warns of the presence of a snake; a rraup is uttered when an eagle is spotted; a chirp is used for lions

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make an alarm call of this kind.