chirk up (English, verb)
expansion: chirk up (third-person singular simple present chirks up, present participle chirking up, simple past and past participle chirked up)
Senses:
glosses: To make more cheerful; to cause to perk up.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To become more cheerful; to perk up or become animated or enthusiastic.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
Forms:
form: chirks up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chirking up
tags: participle
present
form: chirked up
tags: participle
past
form: chirked up
tags: past