Chirp Definition

chûrp
chirped, chirping, chirps
noun
chirps
A short, shrill sound.
Webster's New World

(radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse.

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Synonyms:
verb
chirped, chirping, chirps
To utter in a sharp, shrill tone.
Webster's New World
To make the short, shrill sound of some birds or insects.
Webster's New World
To speak in a lively, shrill way.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Chirp

Noun

Singular:
chirp
Plural:
chirps

Origin of Chirp

  • Middle English chirpen of imitative origin

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

Chirp Sentence Examples

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

  • The insects are small enough that they can get into small spaces and when the sun goes down, they will start to chirp.

  • From the moment the crickets chirp in on the sublime " Summer's caldron ", the tone is set for a uplifting album.

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

  • Designs include linear phase filters, a wideband phase shifter, and chirp filters with fractional bandwidths exceeding 100% .

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Words Starting With

CCHCHI

Words Ending With

PRPIRP

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