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churr

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verb (used without object), noun

chirr.

RELATED WORDS

hoot, pipe, twitter, cry, chuck, cheep, squeak, chatter, tweet, coo, chirrup

Nearby words

  1. churn,
  2. churn drill,
  3. churn molding,
  4. churn out,
  5. churning,
  6. churrasco,
  7. churrigueresque,
  8. churro,
  9. chuse,
  10. chute

chirr

or chirre, churr

[chur]

verb (used without object)

to make a characteristic shrill, trilling sound, as a grasshopper.

noun

the sound of chirring.

Origin of chirr

First recorded in 1590–1600; alteration of chirp
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Examples from the Web for churr

  • From twilight till grey does the fern-owl "churr" and fly through the night.

    Poachers and Poaching|John Watson

  • The death of that poor fellow, Churr, clings to him, say what one may.

    Sweet Mace|George Manville Fenn

  • The only note I have heard it utter is a kind of churr, like the call of the scarlet tanager.

    Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 5 [December 1902]|Various

  • I saw his mouth open and shut, he hollowed his hands round it, but the churr of the motor and the bees drowned his words.

    A Diversity of Creatures|Rudyard Kipling
British Dictionary definitions for churr

churr

verb, noun

a variant spelling of chirr

chirr

chirre or churr

verb

(intr) (esp of certain insects, such as crickets) to make a shrill trilled sound

noun

the sound of chirring

Word Origin for chirr

C17: of imitative origin
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Word Origin and History for churr

chirr

v.

c.1600, echoic of a grasshopper's trill. Related: Chirred; chirring.

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