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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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
She'd ben more like folks fer about a week mebbe 'n she had fer a long spell, an' I begun to chirk up some.
From David Harum A Story of American Life by Westcott, Edward Noyes
Well, I guess he's pretty happy seeing you chirk up so, Mother.
From The Witness by Lutz, Grace Livingston Hill
"Him stay wid us now till he chirk up again," said Cudjo, running to his coffee-box.
From Cudjo's Cave by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
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