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Definition of Chirr
1. Verb. Make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas.
Definition of Chirr
1. Verb. (intransitive) To make a prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada). ¹
2. Noun. The trilled sound made by an insect. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chirr
1. to make a harsh, vibrant sound [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chirr
Literary usage of Chirr
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"The call note is a "chirr, chirr" and they also utter a rolling "ker-ruk, ker-rrr-uk".
Genus COLAPTES Swainson. 412a. Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs. ..."
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