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
Well, I guess he's pretty happy seeing you chirk up so, Mother.
From The Witness by Grace Livingston Hill Lutz
I can’t chirk up folks like the goldenrod and daisies does.
From Story-Tell Lib by Annie Trumbull Slosson
Wal, he was a little grain more chirk last night, I was told.
From The Drummer Boy by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge
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