Chirk Definition

chûrk

chirk, chirkest

verb

To make or become cheerful. Used with up.

American Heritage

To cheer (up)

Webster's New World

(intransitive, especially as chirk up) To become happier.

Wiktionary

(especially as chirk up) To make happier.

Wiktionary

To make the sound of a bird; to chirp.

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adjective

chirkest

(colloquial, US, chiefly New England) Lively; cheerful; in good spirits.

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Other Word Forms of Chirk

Base Form:

chirk

Superlative:

chirkest

Middle English chirken to chirp, chirrup from Old English cearcian to chatter alteration of cracian to resound crack

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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