chirrup
Americanverb (used without object)
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to chirp.
robins chirruping on the lawn.
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to make a similar sound.
She chirruped softly to encourage the horse.
verb (used with object)
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to utter with chirps.
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to make a chirping sound to.
noun
verb
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(esp of some birds) to chirp repeatedly
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to make clucking sounds with the lips
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of chirrup
First recorded in 1570–80; variant of chirp
Vocabulary lists containing chirrup
Example Sentences
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The chirrup or trill greeting is a melodious sound that cats make when saying hello to preferred individuals.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2022
In fact, there is only one moment of digital manipulation on the record: a brief chirrup of auto-tune in the middle of Little White Dove.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2019
On a visit in June, the central gaming floor buzzes with the grim tension of high-stakes card games, regularly interspersed by the electronic chirrup of slot machines dishing out their jackpots.
From Time ● Jul. 19, 2016
An antique and strangulated chirrup, with a performance to match.
From The New Yorker ● May 27, 2016
They stepped off the black road and into the knee-high grass, swishing their legs through the stems, watching the insects hovering, darting, fluttering, skimming, hearing the million-voiced chorus chirrup and scrape.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Mother monkeys kept up their calls, baby monkeys chirruped.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019
“What does July 4th mean to me? Freedom,” Sen. Ron Johnson chirruped on Twitter on Independence Day.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2018
"There are all sorts of little buttons you can press," he chirruped, adding that lots of children were waiting outside.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 12, 2011
"Well oi tink oi'd be a little bit old for dat, now," chirruped an indignant Doolin.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2010
The exotic bird hopped up beside her and it chirruped, once, curiously.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
Musicians have long incorporated nature's sounds into their music - think of the chirruping in The Beatles' "Blackbird", or the rain falling in "Riders on the Storm" by The Doors.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2024
This gentler visual approach extends to the audio; in “Herons,” one of the diaries accessible from the hub, you’ll hear the quiet chirruping of birds amid bright dawn sun.
From The Verge ● Jul. 15, 2021
I thought back to her newborn sonic effusions as a chirruping cherub on my chest who let forth ribbits during hiccups and sounded at times like a soprano cartoon pterodactyl.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2021
The album begins with a chirruping synthesizer from Mr. Czukay; on the final track, “You Doo Right,” the group maunders through a 20-minute jam.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2017
A high, thin chirruping sound came from somewhere nearby.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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