Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chirrup

/ˈt͡ʃɪɹəp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables: chirrup
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪɹəp/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make a series of chirps, clicks, or clucks.

Intransitive verb

verb

To express by chirping.

Transitive verb

verb

To quicken or animate by chirping.

Transitive verb

noun

A series of chirps, clicks or clucks.

noun

A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"When other folks' squirrels are at home and asleep, yourn keep in motion among the trees and chirrup and sing, in a way that even a Delaware gal can understand their music!"
"Face Eater Cat is a very happy, healthy animal who's found her forever home, and she chirrups along when serenaded with eighties hits. It's a match made in heaven."
"The crickets chirruped their song."
"'Busy, Max?' chirruped the familiar voice of his friend the inquiry agent—incurably brisk and debonair even after its ten miles' journey along the wire."
"to chirrup a horse"
"1845 Charles Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth, Chirp the First, And here, if you like, the Cricket DID chime in! with a Chirrup, Chirrup, Chirrup of such magnitude, by way of chorus […]"

Etymology

Variant of chirp.

Usage

Inflected Forms

chirrups (present, singular) chirruping (participle, present) chirruped (participle, past) chirruped (past) chirrups (plural)

Derived Forms

chirruper chirrupy

Synonyms

twitter peep cheep chirp

Rhymes With

syrup stirrup

Questions

How do you pronounce chirrup?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃɪɹəp/.
What does chirrup mean?: To make a series of chirps, clicks, or clucks.
Where does chirrup come from?: Variant of chirp.

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