On my imitating their chirp one fluttered down, and attempted to alight on my horse's ears.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia|Thomas Mitchell
She looked up into the vine that grew on the side of the house, and called, "Chirp, Chirp!"
The Nursery, March 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 3|Various
A chaffinch actually did chirp in response from a mountain ash near.
A Desperate Character and Other Stories|Ivan Turgenev
After that, save for the chirp of some small bird and the faint sound of a dashing stream, all was silent.
Sign of the Green Arrow|Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
We are like birds that sit upon the edge of the nest, and flutter, and chirp, and dread to fly away.
Rosemary and Rue|Amber
British Dictionary definitions for chirp (1 of 2)
chirp
/ (tʃɜːp) /
verb(intr)
(esp of some birds and insects) to make a short high-pitched sound
to speak in a lively fashion
noun
a chirping sound, esp that made by a bird
Derived forms of chirp
chirper, noun
Word Origin for chirp
C15 (as chirpinge, gerund): of imitative origin
British Dictionary definitions for chirp (2 of 2)
CHIRP
/ (tʃɜːp) /
n acronym for
Confidential Human Incidents Reporting Programme: a system, run by the RAF Institute of Medicine, by which commercial pilots can comment on safety trends without the knowledge of their employers