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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Chirped

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Chirping

[Of imitative orgin. Cf.

To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets.

Noun.

A short, sharp note, as of a bird or insect.

“The

chirp

of flitting bird.”

Bryant.

Verb.

Cherp. To make the noise of certain small birds, or of certain insects; as a chirping lark, or cricket.

Verb.

To make cheerful.

Noun.

A particular voice of certain birds or insects.