chirk

[ churk ]

verb (used without object)
  1. to make a shrill, chirping noise.

verb (used with object)
  1. Informal. to cheer (usually followed by up).

Origin of chirk

1
before 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 Taggart
  • There warn't no better hayin' hand in the county than Loammi chirk.

    Queen Hildegarde | Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
  • The hull of it's Zerubbabel chirk; but most folks ain't got time to say all that.

    Queen Hildegarde | Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
  • Mrs. chirk was to return in the evening, so she felt no further anxiety about them.

    Queen Hildegarde | Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
  • I 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