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A series of chirps, clicks or clucks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1845 Charles Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth, Chirp the First, And here, if you like, the Cricket DID chime in! with a Chirrup, Chirrup, Chirrup of such magnitude, by way of chorus [...]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
To make a series of chirps, clicks, or clucks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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To express by chirping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The crickets chirruped their song.
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Synonyms: none provided
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To quicken or animate by chirping.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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a series of chirps
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: twitter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound
make high-pitched sounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the birds were chirping in the bushes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: peep, cheep, chirp
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: utter, emit, let out, let loose
Narrower terms: chitter, twitter
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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German:
Geklicker
— A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (of technical or other origin)
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German:
Klackern
— A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (of technical or other origin)
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German:
Gepfeife
— A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (of technical or other origin)
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German:
Zwitschern
— A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)
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German:
Gezwitscher
— A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)
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German:
Gezirpe
— A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (insects, esp. crickets)
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German:
Geschnatter
— A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement (metaphorical)
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German:
Gegacker
— A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement (metaphorical)
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German:
Gepiepse
— A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement (metaphorical)
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Finnish:
naksuttaa
— to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (of technical or other origin)
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Bulgarian:
цвъркам
(cvǎrkam)
— to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)
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Finnish:
sirkuttaa
— to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)
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German:
zwitschern
— to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)
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German:
tschilpen
— to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)
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Greek:
κελαηδώ
(kelaïdó)
— to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)
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Māori:
korotī
— to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)
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Russian:
чирикать
(čirikatʹ)
— to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)
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Russian:
щебетать
(ščebetatʹ)
— to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)
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Bulgarian:
цвъртя
(cvǎrtja)
— to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (insects, esp. crickets)
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Finnish:
sirittää
— to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (insects, esp. crickets)
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German:
zirpen
— to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (insects, esp. crickets)