chirping

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chirping - 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.
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  Chirping \Chirp"ing\, a.
     Cheering; enlivening.
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           He takes his chirping pint, he cracks his jokes.
                                                    --Pope.
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