Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A short, high-pitched sound, such as the one a small bird or insect makes.
- intransitive verb To make a short, high-pitched sound.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make a short, sharp, cheery sound, as is done by small birds and various insects.
- To utter inarticulate sounds expressive of satisfaction or pleasure.
- To sound or utter in a chirping manner.
- noun A short, sharp, cheerful note, as of certain birds and insects.
- To cheer; enliven: known only in the present participle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A short, sharp note, as of a bird or insect.
- intransitive verb To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
short ,sharp orhigh note or noise, as of abird orinsect . - verb intransitive to make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets
- verb intransitive to
speak in a high-pitched staccato
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sharp sound made by small birds or insects
- verb sing in modulation
- verb make high-pitched sounds
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For updates on sales and ticket releases, follow @chirp or text "follow chirp" to 40404 to receive text message updates.
Inc.com Christine Lagorio 2010
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For updates on sales and ticket releases, follow @chirp or text "follow chirp" to 40404 to receive text message updates.
Inc.com 2010
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The tomb allows no sound inside; even the smallest chirp is eaten by the stone so that Set-Yi is not disturbed.
The Tombwatcher's Tale Laurel Landis 2010
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Fellow Republicans let the meeting begin .... chirp – chirp – chirp ...
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The reason it sounds like a downward chirp is because the complete echo is actually made up by a whole series of individual echos, one from each of the 92 steps making up the sloping stairway.
Did you know? Mayan architects built world's oldest sound recordings 2008
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From three or four meters in front of the stairway, the chirp is clear.
Did you know? Mayan architects built world's oldest sound recordings 2008
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The reason it sounds like a downward chirp is because the complete echo is actually made up by a whole series of individual echos, one from each of the 92 steps making up the sloping stairway.
Did you know? Mayan architects built world's oldest sound recordings 2008
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From three or four meters in front of the stairway, the chirp is clear.
Did you know? Mayan architects built world's oldest sound recordings 2008
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Buhner jokes how he used to hear crickets chirp from the upper decks of the Kingdome and the sound of a toilet flushing in the 300-level.
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Poor Puttel, after gazing wistfully out of the window at the gaunt city cats skulking about the yard, would retire to the rug, and curl herself up as if all hope of finding congenial society had failed; while little Nick would sing till he vibrated on his perch, without receiving any response except an inquisitive chirp from the pert sparrows, who seemed to twit him with his captivity.
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