Chirping
[tʃɝp]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chirp
(a.) Cheering; enlivening.
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Examples
- 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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