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chirpchirp /tʃɜːp $ tʃɜːrp/ (also chirrup British English) verb chirpOrigin: 1400-1500 From the sound VERB TABLEchirp |
Present | I, you, we, they | chirp | | he, she, it | chirps | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | chirped | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have chirped | | he, she, it | has chirped | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had chirped | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will chirp | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have chirped |
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Present | I | am chirping | | he, she, it | is chirping | | you, we, they | are chirping | Past | I, he, she, it | was chirping | | you, we, they | were chirping | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been chirping | | he, she, it | has been chirping | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been chirping | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be chirping | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been chirping |
- "Good morning, Ricardo!" Judith chirped.
- A late puny lamb was tethered by a washing line and sparrows chirped peevishly.
- At least the stereophonic crickets to provide atmosphere chirped to order.
- In through the open door came Marco's parrot, chirping merrily.
- So yes, it is possible to calculate the temperature by listening to the chirping of crickets.
- Swallows fly around inside and chirp.
- They were just like little birds chirping out whatever words oldest sister fed them.
- You even miss the sense of office noise that constant chirping of faxes and phones that indicates business is being done.
► a bird chirps/twitters (=makes short high sounds)· Birds chirped to one another from different branches of the tree. 1[intransitive] if a bird or insect chirps, it makes short high sounds2[intransitive, transitive] to speak in a happy high voice: ‘Yes, all finished,’ he chirped.—chirp noun [countable] |