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20 words match “CHIRP”

CHIRP n. 2 definitions
A short, sharp note, as of a bird or insect. "The chirp of flitting bird." Bryant.
CHIRPER n.
One who chirps, or is cheerful.
CHIRPING a.
Cheering; enlivening. He takes his chirping pint, he cracks his jokes. Pope.
CHIRPINGLY adv.
In a chirping manner.
CHEEP v. 3 definitions
To chirp, as a young bird.
CHERUP v. 2 definitions
To make a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to chirp. See Chirrup. "Cheruping birds." Drayton.
CHIPPER v.
To chirp or chirrup. [ Prov. Eng.] Forby.
CHIRK v.
To chirp like a bird. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CHIRM v.
To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird. [Obs.] Huloet.
CHIRRUP v. 3 definitions
To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup.
CHITTER v.
To chirp in a tremulous manner, as a bird. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CRICKET n.
An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.
FLUTTER n.
e act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan. The chirp and flutter of some single bird Milnes. .
FRITINANCY n.
A chirping or creaking, as of a cricket. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
MATIN n.
Morning worship or service; morning prayers or songs. The winged choristers began To chirp their matins. Cleveland.
PEEP v. 2 definitions
To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep. There was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. Is. x. 14.
PIP v.
To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep. To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg. Boyle.
PUE v.
To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds. Halliwell.
SPINY a.
Like a spine in shape; slender. "Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping." Chapman.
WILDING a.
ted, or cultivated; wild. [Poetic] "Wilding flowers." Tennyson. The ground squirrel gayly chirps by his den, And the wilding bee hums merrily by. Bryant.