Chirp
[tʃɜːp] or [tʃɝp]
Definition
(v. i.) To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets.
(n.) A short, sharp note, as of a bird or insect.
Typist: Malcolm
Definition
n. the sharp shrill sound of certain birds and insects.—v.i. to make such a sound; to talk in a happy and lively strain.—v.t. to cheer.—n. Chirp′er a little bird: a chirping-cup.—adj. Chirp′ing merry: cheering.—n. Chirp′ing-cup a cup that cheers.—adj. Chirp′y lively: merry.
Inputed by George
Examples
- The birds began to stir and chirp. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Beth's bird began to chirp again, and a half-blown rose was discovered on Amy's bush in the window. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Grasshoppers skipped briskly in the sere grass, and crickets chirped like fairy pipers at a feast. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- There was a responsive twittering and chirping--a low, oily laugh--a silence of a minute or so, and then I heard the opening of the house door. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The birds were chirping, perched on the windows sills and deserted thresholds of the doors. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He had a high chirping voice and a vile accent. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You made acquaintance with my son, sir, said the old man, in his chirping way, while he warmed his hands at the blaze, at his office, I expect? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Today, however, her chirping enthusiasms did not irritate Lily. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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