chirk
[ churk ]
verb (used without object)
to make a shrill, chirping noise.
verb (used with object)
Informal. to cheer (usually followed by up).
Origin of chirk
1before 1000; Middle English chirken to creak, chirrup, Old English circian to roar
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How to use chirk in a sentence
She makes her laugh,' I says, 'an' she seems to chirk her right up.'
The Little Grey House | Marion Ames TaggartThere warn't no better hayin' hand in the county than Loammi chirk.
Queen Hildegarde | Laura Elizabeth Howe RichardsThe hull of it's Zerubbabel chirk; but most folks ain't got time to say all that.
Queen Hildegarde | Laura Elizabeth Howe RichardsMrs. chirk was to return in the evening, so she felt no further anxiety about them.
Queen Hildegarde | Laura Elizabeth Howe RichardsI was settin' with her, an' I said to her how much better she seemed to be, tryin' to chirk her up.
David Harum | Edward Noyes Westcott
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