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chirp

(chûrp)

A short, high-pitched sound, such as the one a small bird or insect makes.

intr.v. chirped, chirp·ing, chirps

To make a short, high-pitched sound.

[Middle English *chirpen, of imitative origin.]

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chirp

(tʃɜːp)

vb (intr)

1. (Zoology) (esp of some birds and insects) to make a short high-pitched sound

2. to speak in a lively fashion

(Zoology) a chirping sound, esp that made by a bird

[C15 (as chirpinge, gerund): of imitative origin]

ˈchirper n

CHIRP

(tʃɜːp)

n acronym for

(Aeronautics) Confidential Human Incidents Reporting Programme: a system, run by the RAF Institute of Medicine, by which commercial pilots can comment on safety trends without the knowledge of their employers

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chirp

(tʃɜrp)

n.

1. the short, sharp sound made by small birds and certain insects.

2. any similar sound, esp. of a cheerful, excited tone.

v.i.

3. to make the sound of a chirp.

v.t.

4. to say or express with such a sound.

[1400–50; late Middle English chyrpynge (ger.); expressive word akin to cheep, chirk]

chirp′er, n.

chirp

Past participle: chirped
Gerund: chirping

Imperative
chirp
chirp

Present
I chirp
you chirp
he/she/it chirps
we chirp
you chirp
they chirp

Preterite
I chirped
you chirped
he/she/it chirped
we chirped
you chirped
they chirped

Present Continuous
I am chirping
you are chirping
he/she/it is chirping
we are chirping
you are chirping
they are chirping

Present Perfect
I have chirped
you have chirped
he/she/it has chirped
we have chirped
you have chirped
they have chirped

Past Continuous
I was chirping
you were chirping
he/she/it was chirping
we were chirping
you were chirping
they were chirping

Past Perfect
I had chirped
you had chirped
he/she/it had chirped
we had chirped
you had chirped
they had chirped

Future
I will chirp
you will chirp
he/she/it will chirp
we will chirp
you will chirp
they will chirp

Future Perfect
I will have chirped
you will have chirped
he/she/it will have chirped
we will have chirped
you will have chirped
they will have chirped

Future Continuous
I will be chirping
you will be chirping
he/she/it will be chirping
we will be chirping
you will be chirping
they will be chirping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been chirping
you have been chirping
he/she/it has been chirping
we have been chirping
you have been chirping
they have been chirping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been chirping
you will have been chirping
he/she/it will have been chirping
we will have been chirping
you will have been chirping
they will have been chirping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been chirping
you had been chirping
he/she/it had been chirping
we had been chirping
you had been chirping
they had been chirping

Conditional
I would chirp
you would chirp
he/she/it would chirp
we would chirp
you would chirp
they would chirp

Past Conditional
I would have chirped
you would have chirped
he/she/it would have chirped
we would have chirped
you would have chirped
they would have chirped

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Noun	1.	chirp - a sharp sound made by small birds or insects sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them" tweet - a weak chirping sound as of a small bird
Verb	1.	chirp - make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes" cheep, chirrup, peep let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" chitter, twitter - make high-pitched sounds, as of birds
	2.	chirp - sing in modulation tweedle music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" sing - produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"

chirp

verb chirrup, pipe, peep, warble, twitter, cheep, tweet The birds chirped loudly in the hedges.

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Translations

زَقْزَقَهيُزَقْزِقُ

crvlikánícrvlikat

kvidrekvidrenpippepippensang

Gezirpe zirpen zwitschern

gazouiller gazouillis pépier striduler

kvak, tístkvaka, tísta

cinguettare cinguettio

čirkštičirškimas

čiepstēšanačiepstētčivināšanačivināt

cvrlikaniecvrlikaťšveholeniešveholiť

čivkanječivkati

cırcırcırcır etmekcıvıldamakcıvıltı

鸟叫鸟叫声

chirp

[tʃɜːp]

A. N [of birds] → pío m, gorjeo m; [of crickets] → chirrido m, canto m

B. VI [birds] → piar, gorjear; [crickets] → chirriar, cantar

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chirp

[ˈtʃɜː^rp]

[birds] → pépiement m, gazouillis m

[grasshopper] → stridulation f

[bird] → pépier, gazouiller

[grasshopper] → chanter, striduler

vt [person] (= say happily) → dire gaiement

chirp

vi (birds) → zwitschern; (crickets) → zirpen

n (of birds) → Piepser m; (= chirping) → Piepsen nt no pl, → Zwitschern nt no pl; (of crickets) → Zirpen nt no pl; I don’t want to hear another chirp out of you → ich möchte keinen Muckser mehr von dir hören (inf)

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chirp

[tʃɜːp] chirrup [ˈtʃɪrəp]

1. n (of birds) → cinguettio; (of crickets) → cri cri m

2. vi (see n) → cinguettare, fare cri cri

chirp

(tʃəːp) chirrup (ˈtʃirəp) nouns

the sharp, shrill sound of certain birds and insects.

verb

to make such a sound.

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The kettle began it, full five minutes by the little waxy-faced Dutch clock in the corner, before the Cricket uttered a chirp.

It may have entertained the Cricket too, for anything I know; but, certainly, it now began to chirp again, vehemently.

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She had just paused and was looking up at a long spray of ivy swinging in the wind when she saw a gleam of scarlet and heard a brilliant chirp, and there, on the top of the wall, forward perched Ben Weatherstaff's robin redbreast, tilting forward to look at her with his small head on one side.

He twittered and chirped and hopped along the wall as if he were telling her all sorts of things.

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Presently he began to sing for us--a thin, rusty little chirp. She held him close to her ear and laughed, but a moment afterward I saw there were tears in her eyes.

When it began to chirp faintly, he listened as if it were a beautiful sound.

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Neither song nor chirp was heard--silence seemed to have taken the place of the normal voices of bird life.

Not only did the birds cease song or chirp, but the lowing of the cattle ceased in the fields and the varied sounds of life died away.

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I'm sorry, for we all like the Phebe bird, and she'd chirp like a good one out here, wouldn't she?"

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The poem swung in majestic rhythm to the cool tumult of interstellar conflict, to the onset of starry hosts, to the impact of cold suns and the flaming up of nebular in the darkened void; and through it all, unceasing and faint, like a silver shuttle, ran the frail, piping voice of man, a querulous chirp amid the screaming of planets and the crash of systems.

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Then the twins crumbled their bread on the ground, and the wrens pecked it, and chirruped and chirped. And when they had eaten the last crumb they told the boy to fill up the holes of the sieve with clay, and then to draw water from the well.

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The boy chuckled and chirped his delight in the spectacle, and Jerry found surcease and easement sufficient to enable him to speak with his tongue after the heart-eloquent manner of dogs.