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chirk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
chirk
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become happier.

Intransitive verb

verb

To make happier.

Transitive verb

verb

To make the sound of a bird; to chirp.

adj

lively; cheerful; in good spirits

American usage; Colloquial

name

A small town and community with a town council in Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2937).

Etymology

From Middle English chirken, cherken, charken, from Old English ċearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to make a sound, crack”). Doublet of chark. Related also to crake, crack.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: chirken, ċearcian, *krakōn

Usage

Inflected Forms

chirks (present, singular) chirking (participle, present) chirked (participle, past) chirked (past) chirker (comparative) more chirk (comparative) chirkest (superlative) most chirk (superlative)

Questions

What does chirk mean?
To become happier.
Where does chirk come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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