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chirp Definition

chirp (c̸hʉrp)

intransitive verb

  1. to make the short, shrill sound of some birds or insects
  2. to speak in a lively, shrill way

Etymology: ME chirpen, echoic var. of chirken, chirk

transitive verb

to utter in a sharp, shrill tone

noun

a short, shrill sound

chirp Related Forms
chirper noun
chirp Synonyms

chirp

v.

chirrup, cheep, twitter, warble, peep, tweet, chip, quaver, trill, pipe, roll, lilt, purl; see also sound 1.

chirp Usage Examples

Object

  • noise: Chirping noise comes to tiger woods council meeting historic buildings dating.
  • bird: Then, the effect of the chirping birds will be accompanied by the ones right outside your window!
  • sound: The wanting male pursues the female and makes a fine chirping sound with its mouth closed.

Converse of object

  • hear: Later in the day we were driving around, and as we passed the old folks home I heard a chirp.

Adjective modifier

  • little: His happy little chirp is one of our most familiar bird sounds.

Modifies a noun

  • bandwidth: The three chirp bandwidths that can be synthesized are 160 MHz, 40 MHz and 10 MHz.
  • system: The chirp system did not produce viable results probably due to gravels in the channel.
  • rate: Why do you think that the chirp rate is a good indicator to a female of the quality of a male?

Modifying Another Word

  • softly: You nod slightly Jolen flutters his small, feathered wings - Jolen chirps softly.
  • loudly: All different kinds, all chirping loudly at each other.
  • away: The London sparrows are chirping away at a fine rate in the garden.
  • quietly: He peers at your wings ' shape and chirps quietly to himself.
  • still: She looked deep into him and they made love, the birds still chirping and the ground still damp.

Noun used with modifier

  • bird: Birds chirp, Bush chortles, Rolf Harris sings!
  • cricket: From the moment the crickets chirp in on the sublime " Summer's caldron " , the tone is set for a uplifting album.

Preposition: of

  • bird: I was awakened by the chirping of a bird outside the window.
  • cricket: And now the tiresome chirping of a cricket that no human ingenuity could locate, began.
  • grasshopper: A voice perhaps that sounds like the chirping of a grasshopper?
  • sparrow: The air was full of the chirping of the sparrows.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • up: Elaine then chirps up ' How many grown men does it take to fix a TVR?

Browse dictionary entries near chirp

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