chicoter
Meanings
Verb
1. to cut away, to cut up (transitive)
2. to nibble, to eat away, to erode (transitive, Louisiana)
3. to whittle (transitive, Louisiana)
4. to harass, to irritate (transitive, Louisiana)
5. to quibble, to squabble (dated, colloquial)
Examples1
On entend les souris chicoter.
We hear the mice squeaking.