chirk

American  

[churk] / tʃɜrk /

verb (used without object)

1. to make a shrill, chirping noise.

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verb (used with object)

1. Informal. to cheer (usually followed byup ).

Etymology

Origin of chirk

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

Example Sentences

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

When the dazzling sun disappears for the night, the gnomes chirk up.

From Time Magazine Archive

Drink but of this, and in less than a minute, Lo! you will dance like the flowers in May, Chirp and chirk like a new-fledged linnet!

From Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II by Dobson, Austin

Miss Begg remembered her as a "chirk" old lady with snapping black eyes and an abundant stock of legends and ballads.

From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

And since his mother died this poor chap has had nobody to chirk him up.

From Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play by Thanet, Octave