chirp
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English *chirpen (attested only in the derivative Middle English chirpinge, cyrpynge, chyrypynge (“chirping”). Compare Middle English chirken and chirmen. More at chirk, chirm. Compare also Middle English chirten (“to smack, chirrup”).
Inflected forms:
form: chirps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: chirps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chirping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: chirped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: chirped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
pos: noun
gloss: A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse; the quality of having a such a variation in frequency.
pos: noun
examples: The long fiber lengths required to linearize the chirp can then be used […]
gloss: To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets; to chitter; to twitter.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: "Well, I suppose you didn't come out of the egg either before you could chirp," said the woman who was on the egg.
gloss: To speak in a high-pitched staccato.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To modify (a pulse of signal) so that it sweeps through a band of frequencies throughout its duration.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To cheer up; to make (someone) happier.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
gloss: To speak rapid insulting comical banter back and forth; to bicker or argue.
pos: verb
tags: Canada
gloss: To inform on someone; snitch.
pos: verb
tags: UK
obsolete
slang
Related words: cheep
chirrup
peep
Derived words: chirped-pulse amplification
chirplet
chirpy
dechirp
downchirp
gammachirp
interchirp
upchirp
chirper
chirping
chirping chips
chirping cup
chirpingly
spotted chirping frog
unchirped
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: غَرَّدَ
roman: ḡarrada
lang: Bulgarian
word: чуруликам
roman: čurulikam
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鳴 /鸣
roman: míng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 譟 /噪
roman: zào
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 唧唧叫
roman: jījī jiào
lang: Czech
word: štěbetat impf švitořit
lang: Czech
word: šveholit
lang: Czech
word: cvrlikat
lang: Danish
word: kvidre
lang: Danish
word: pippe
lang: Dutch
word: tjilpen
lang: Dutch
word: tjirpen
lang: Esperanto
word: pepi
lang: Finnish
word: sirkuttaa
lang: Finnish
word: visertää
lang: French
word: gazouiller
lang: French
word: piailler
lang: French
word: pépier
lang: Georgian
word: ჟღურტულებს
roman: žɣurṭulebs
lang: German
word: zwitschern
lang: German
word: tschilpen
lang: German
word: tirilieren
lang: Greek
word: τιτιβίζω
roman: titivízo
lang: Greek
word: κελαηδώ
roman: kelaïdó
lang: Hebrew
word: צִפְצֵף
roman: tziftzéf
lang: Hungarian
word: csicsereg
lang: Hungarian
word: csiripel
lang: Indonesian
word: ciak
lang: Irish
word: gíog
lang: Italian
word: cinguettare
lang: Japanese
word: 鳴く
roman: naku
lang: Japanese
word: 囀る
roman: saezuru
lang: Latin
word: pīpiō
lang: Latin
word: pīpilō
lang: Māori
word: waiari
lang: Māori
word: ketekete
lang: Māori
word: pekī
lang: Māori
word: pīpī
lang: Middle English
word: chirmen
lang: Persian
word: چاویدن
roman: čâvidan
lang: Polish
word: świergotać
lang: Portuguese
word: piar
lang: Portuguese
word: gorjear
lang: Portuguese
word: trinar
lang: Portuguese
word: chilrear
lang: Romanian
word: ciripi
lang: Russian
word: чири́кать
roman: čiríkatʹ
lang: Russian
word: щебета́ть
roman: ščebetátʹ
lang: Spanish
word: trinar
lang: Spanish
word: piar
lang: Spanish
word: chiar
lang: Spanish
word: piular
lang: Spanish
word: pipiar
lang: Spanish
word: piolar
lang: Swedish
word: kvittra
lang: Tagalog
word: sumiyap