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Definition of chirr in English: chirr(also churr) verb tʃəːtʃər [no object](of an insect) make a prolonged low trilling sound. grasshoppers were chirring Example sentencesExamples - ‘Calm, calm,’ she chirred softly, a finger touching my jaw and hushing my stumbling chatter.
- Catching a breath she inched forward and chirred to herself.
- Beside me the Sathe muttered and chirred in her sleep, in waking.
- They whirred, clicked, chirred and rattled till she dumped the whole teeming mass of them on the bed.
- The animals of the forest were largely quiet, and the locusts chirred intermittently.
- As you hike up through the gracious park, dotted with palaces turned museums, crickets chirr in the plane trees and pines.
- Wood pigeons were churring, providing a steady contra-bass to a splendid dawn chorus, but no more cuckoo.
- I had watched over her while she slept, listening to her chirr in pain as the wagon bumped her around…
- In the trees a pair of wood pigeons churred away happily.
- The road turned away from town and the hills rolled; the trees, bunched in groves, crickets chirring infrequently in the eve.
Synonyms trill, sing, chirp, chirrup, chirr, cheep, twitter, tweet, whistle, chatter, squeak, pipe, peep trill, trilling, song, birdsong, cry, warbling, chirp, chirping, chirrup, chirruping, chirr, chirring, cheep, cheeping, twitter, twittering, tweet, tweeting, whistle, whistling, chatter, chattering, squeak, squeaking, pipe, piping, peep, peeping, call, calling
noun tʃəːtʃər A low trilling sound. the chirr of summer crickets Example sentencesExamples - One was short, downward inflected, and frequency modulated that we have termed a ‘churr’ (corresponding to the ‘chin’ of Willis 1985).
Synonyms trill, trilling, song, birdsong, cry, warbling, chirp, chirping, chirrup, chirruping, chirr, chirring, cheep, cheeping, twitter, twittering, tweet, tweeting, whistle, whistling, chatter, chattering, squeak, squeaking, pipe, piping, peep, peeping, call, calling
Origin Early 17th century: imitative. Definition of chirr in US English: chirr(also churr) verbCHərtʃər [no object](of an insect) make a prolonged low trilling sound. grasshoppers were chirring Example sentencesExamples - Wood pigeons were churring, providing a steady contra-bass to a splendid dawn chorus, but no more cuckoo.
- I had watched over her while she slept, listening to her chirr in pain as the wagon bumped her around…
- ‘Calm, calm,’ she chirred softly, a finger touching my jaw and hushing my stumbling chatter.
- As you hike up through the gracious park, dotted with palaces turned museums, crickets chirr in the plane trees and pines.
- They whirred, clicked, chirred and rattled till she dumped the whole teeming mass of them on the bed.
- In the trees a pair of wood pigeons churred away happily.
- The road turned away from town and the hills rolled; the trees, bunched in groves, crickets chirring infrequently in the eve.
- Beside me the Sathe muttered and chirred in her sleep, in waking.
- The animals of the forest were largely quiet, and the locusts chirred intermittently.
- Catching a breath she inched forward and chirred to herself.
Synonyms trill, sing, chirp, chirrup, chirr, cheep, twitter, tweet, whistle, chatter, squeak, pipe, peep trill, trilling, song, birdsong, cry, warbling, chirp, chirping, chirrup, chirruping, chirr, chirring, cheep, cheeping, twitter, twittering, tweet, tweeting, whistle, whistling, chatter, chattering, squeak, squeaking, pipe, piping, peep, peeping, call, calling
nounCHərtʃər A low trilling sound. the chirr of summer crickets Example sentencesExamples - One was short, downward inflected, and frequency modulated that we have termed a ‘churr’ (corresponding to the ‘chin’ of Willis 1985).
Synonyms trill, trilling, song, birdsong, cry, warbling, chirp, chirping, chirrup, chirruping, chirr, chirring, cheep, cheeping, twitter, twittering, tweet, tweeting, whistle, whistling, chatter, chattering, squeak, squeaking, pipe, piping, peep, peeping, call, calling
Origin Early 17th century: imitative. |