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chirk (c̸hʉrk)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Informal to cheer (up)

Etymology: ME chirken, to twitter, var. of charken < OE cearcian, to creak, gnash

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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