chirpy Definition
chirpy (c̸hʉr′pē)
adjective chirp′i·er, chirp′i·est
Informal cheerful and lively; merry
chirpy Related Forms
chirp′i·ly adverb
chirp′i·ness noun
chirpy Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- very: I'm normally a very chirpy person, but when I fall, I do so quickly and go quite a long way.
- much: Feeling much chirpier I gave a rendition of a well know African song to spur me on.
- so: He's driving me mad, he's so chirpy and chatty I want to kill him.
- irritatingly: It also exposes us to the irritatingly chirpy bunkum that CD Baby spews out when it ships an order.
- too: I wasn't too chirpy on the bus on the way home from the exam.
- endlessly: The endlessly chirpy Winnie doesn't let the fact that she is buried up to the neck in soil spoil her endlessly Happy Days.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
feel: I do hope you're feeling a little birt chirpier this morning.
Modifies a noun
- cockney: The image of the chirpy cockney was largely an invention of the Music Halls, which thrived in London, Northern England and Scotland.
- song: At a signal from the largest one they all set to work, swinging the flails in time to a chirpy song.
- cheep: Back to the Netherlands, and readers are cautioned against the new Soul Control single, for it is Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep.
- chap: Mars was still a chirpy little chap enjoying being a house bunny, he wasn't going to let anything stop him having fun.
- character: He is a far more chirpy character now than he ever was all those years ago.
- pop: A chirpy pop psych introduction is no substitute for a serious discussion of the real issues involved.
Used with adjective complement
Browse dictionary entries near chirpy
- ‹ chirp
- ‹ chiropter
- ‹ chiropractic
- ‹ chiropody
- ‹ Chiron
- ‹ chiromancy
- ‹ chirography
- ‹ chiro-
- ‹ chirk
- ‹ Chirico, Giorgio de
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- Chisholm, Caroline ne¤ e Jones ›
- Chisholm Trail ›
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