Chiffchaff Definition

chĭfchăf
noun
A small, olive-green and brown European warbler (Phylloscopus collybita), feeding mainly on insects and spiders.
Webster's New World

Any of several other species of the same genus.

Wiktionary

(UK, onomatopoeic, uncountable) The song of the chiffchaff.

I thought I heard something singing chiffchaff, chiffchaff. So I had a look and there was a chiffchaff.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Chiffchaff

Noun

Singular:
chiffchaff
Plural:
chiffchaffs

Origin of Chiffchaff

  • Echoic of its repetitive "chiff-chaff" song of the European species Phylloscopus collybita.

    From Wiktionary

  • Imitative of its song

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

Chiffchaff Sentence Examples

  • Jumping into a taxi we then went to Newford duck pond, where 9 chiffchaffs were seen including a much paler Siberian chiffchaff.

  • Also in the valley were two cetti's warbler, a stonechat and more chiffchaff.

  • January 9th A new discovery today was a tristis chiffchaff seen on the Blacknor housing estate at Weston.

  • Many birds were in full voice with Chiffchaff and Blackcap proving particularly tuneful.

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