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Definition of Chirrup
1. Verb. Make high-pitched sounds. "The birds were chirping in the bushes"
Generic synonyms: Emit, Let Loose, Let Out, Utter
Specialized synonyms: Chitter, Twitter
Derivative terms: Cheep, Chirp, Peep, Peeper
2. Noun. A series of chirps.
Definition of Chirrup
1. v. t. To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup.
2. v. i. To chirp.
3. n. The act of chirping; a chirp.
Definition of Chirrup
1. Verb. To make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks ¹
2. Noun. A series of chirps, clicks or clucks ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chirrup
1. to chirp repeatedly [v -ED, -ING, -S] : CHIRRUPY [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chirrup
Literary usage of Chirrup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Boys and Girls by Oliver Optic (1871)
"... And blithely the cricket, the long night through, Sings chirrup, chirrup.
From her cosy nook by the ample hearth, She fills the house with her lightsome ..."
2. Lancashire Lyrics: Modern Songs and Ballads of the County Palatine by John Harland (1866)
"YOUNG chirrup wur a mettled cowt: His heart an' limbs wur true ; At foot-race,
... Young chirrup donn'd his clinker't shoon, An' startin' off to the fair, ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"chirrup, va Encourage, animate, inspirit, cheer, cherup, urge on. Chit-chat, я.
Prattle, gossip, chat, causerie, easy conversation, familiar talk, ..."
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