chirrup

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chirrup - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chirrup \Chir"rup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chirruped; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Chirruping.] [See Chirp.]
     To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup.
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  Chirrup \Chir"rup\, v. i.
     To chirp. --Tennyson.
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           The criket chirrups on the hearth.       --Goldsmith.
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  Chirrup \Chir"rup\, n.
     The act of chirping; a chirp.
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           The sparrows' chirrup on the roof.       --Tennyson.
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chirrup - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  chirrup
      n 1: a series of chirps [syn: chirrup, twitter]
      v 1: make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the
           bushes" [syn: peep, cheep, chirp, chirrup]