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chirp


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chirp - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chirp \Chirp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chirped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Chirping.] [Of imitative orgin. Cf. Chirk, Chipper,
     Cheep, Chirm, Chirrup.]
     To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or
     crickets.
     [1913 Webster]

  Chirp \Chirp\, n.
     A short, sharp note, as of a bird or insect. "The chirp of
     flitting bird." --Bryant.
     [1913 Webster]

chirp - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  chirp
      n 1: a sharp sound made by small birds or insects
      v 1: make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the
           bushes" [syn: peep, cheep, chirp, chirrup]
      2: sing in modulation [syn: tweedle, chirp]

chirp - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  147 Moby Thesaurus words for "chirp":
     anthem, ballad, bark, bawl, beam, bellow, blare, blat, blubber,
     boom, bray, breathe, buzz, cackle, call, caper, caracole, carol,
     caw, chant, chatter, cheep, chip, chipper, chirk, chirking, chirm,
     chirr, chirrup, chitter, choir, chorus, chuck, clack, clap hands,
     cluck, clutter, cock-a-doodle-doo, coo, creak, crick, croak, cronk,
     croon, crow, cuckoo, dance, delight, descant, do-re-mi, drawl,
     drum, exclaim, exult, flute, frisk, frolic, gabble, gaggle, gambol,
     gasp, glory, glow, gobble, growl, grunt, guggle, hiss, honk, hoo,
     hoot, hum, hymn, intonate, intone, joy, jubilate, keen, laugh,
     lilt, minstrel, mumble, murmur, mutter, pant, peep, pip, pipe,
     psalm, quack, quaver, radiate cheer, rejoice, revel, roar, roll,
     rollick, romp, roulade, rumble, scold, scream, screech, serenade,
     shake, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, sing in chorus, skip,
     skip for joy, smile, snap, snarl, snort, sob, sol-fa, solmizate,
     sparkle, squall, squawk, squeal, stridulate, stridulation, thunder,
     tremolo, trill, troll, trumpet, twang, tweedle, tweedledee, tweet,
     twit, twitter, vocalize, wail, warble, whine, whisper, whistle,
     yap, yawp, yell, yelp, yodel