chirp
verb (used without object)
to make a characteristic short, sharp sound, as small birds and certain insects.
is chirping
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present progressiveof chirp (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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She imagines a bird is chirping “Per-pe-trate, per-pe-trate, per-pe-trate!”
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2021
Outer space is chirping, and no one quite knows why.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2021
He’s not a naturalist — something is chirping and neither of us can identify whether it’s a bird or an insect or electronic — but he likes the sound.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2019
The sound that always makes me happy is: chirping birds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2015
Rhoda is picking daisies in the shade, Dolly is chirping to herself by the hedge that separates the orchard from the Penfolds' garden.
From Old Kensington by Miss Thackeray
