Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Alternative spelling of chirr (“insect sound”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
A low vocal sound made by some birds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Alternative spelling of chirr (“to make an insect sound”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
To make the low vocal sound of some birds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
make a vibrant sound, as of some birds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: whirr
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: utter, emit, let out, let loose
History
Uncertain. Possibly from Middle English *churren, *chirren, *cherren, from Old English ċeorian (“to murmur, grumble, complain”), from Proto-West Germanic *karēn (“to complain”).
