chirp
a sharp sound made by small birds or insects • Derivationally related forms: chirpy • Hypernyms: sound • Hyponyms: tweet
1. make high-pitched sounds (Freq. 1) - the birds were chirping in the bushes • Syn: peep, cheep, chirrup • Derivationally related forms: chirrup (for: chirrup), cheep (for: cheep), peeper (for: peep), peep (for: peep) • Hypernyms: utter, emit, let out, let loose • Hyponyms: chitter, twitter • Verb Frames: - Something ----s 2. sing in modulation • Syn: tweedle • Topics: music • Hypernyms: sing • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s
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