chirk

[ churk ]

/ tʃɜrk /

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verb (used without object)

to make a shrill, chirping noise.

verb (used with object)

Informal. to cheer (usually followed by up).

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Origin of chirk

before 1000; Middle English chirken to creak, chirrup, Old English circian to roar

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