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chirk

American

[churk] / tʃɜrk /

verb (used without object)

to make a shrill, chirping noise.

verb (used with object)

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

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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

"Wal, chirk up, Father; mebbe things'll grow brighter soon."

From Marjorie at Seacote by Wells, Carolyn

"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)

Now, Mis' Browning, don't take on so; chirk up a bit!

From Rosa's Quest The Way to the Beautiful Land by Wright, Anna Potter

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