chirk
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of chirk
before 1000; Middle English chirken to creak, chirrup, Old English circian to roar
Example Sentences
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When the dazzling sun disappears for the night, the gnomes chirk up.
From Time Magazine Archive
Edith's potty papa, for instance, tried to chirk up the landscape of his 5,000-acre estate in Derbyshire by painting blue Chinese ideographs on a herd of white cows.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Wal, chirk up, Father; mebbe things'll grow brighter soon."
From Marjorie at Seacote by Carolyn Wells
“We rode up on the stage day before yesterday, and he seemed so kind o’ blue and lonesome I couldn’t help trying to chirk him up.”
From The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range by Hamlin Garland
I may be mayor some day; and when you're mayor you're due to chirk up and think of being president—if you are a humorist.
From The Man Next Door by Emerson Hough
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