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
You chirk her up, Patty, and tell her there’s no harm done, and that all her friends love her just the same.
From Patty's Social Season by Carolyn Wells
I may be mayor some day; and when you're mayor you're due to chirk up and think of being president—if you are a humorist.
From The Man Next Door by Emerson Hough
Do go, Mr. Crane: it'll chirk you up and dew you good to go out into society ag'in.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
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