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

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Example Sentences

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chirk

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 tried to chirk him up by tellin' him they'd soon be to Boone's home, and talkin' 'bout when Boone was a little feller, tell Jim couldn't hardly stand it, he's that soft-hearted.

From Travelers Five Along Life's Highway by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

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 Octave Thanet

"Mother and me'll have to stay by the fire to-day, but I've no doubt it'll chirk you up a bit to get outdoors a spell."

From Big Brother by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

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