Dictionary

chirrup en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈt͡ʃɜɹəp/
• /ˈt͡ʃɪɹəp/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Variant of chirp.

Meanings

1. A series of chirps, clicks or clucks.
   • the slight chirrup of a stoppered phial being opened 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
   • 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 […]
   • […] the music flashed by in delirious chirrups and stampings. 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 9, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
2. (derogatory, figuratively) A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement.
   • For an hour or more that evening I listened to his monotonous chirrup about bad money driving out good, the token value of silver, the depreciation of the rupee, and the true standards of exchange. 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
   • “[…]Children, say ‘thank you’ to Mrs. Samuel Josephs.” Two subdued chirrups: “Thank you, Mrs. Samuel Josephs.” 1918 June, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Prelude”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 2:

Forms

Translations (9)

de Klackern (A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (of technical or other origin)) · de Geklicker (A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (of technical or other origin)) · de Geschnatter (A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement (metaphorical)) · de Gezwitscher (A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)) · de Gepfeife (A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (of technical or other origin)) · de Gegacker (A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement (metaphorical)) · de Gepiepse (A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement (metaphorical)) · de Gezirpe (A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (insects, esp. crickets)) · de Zwitschern (A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds))

chirrup en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈt͡ʃɜɹəp/
• /ˈt͡ʃɪɹəp/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Variant of chirp.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To make a series of chirps, clicks, or clucks.
   • 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. 2022 July 23, “A She-Cat Tamed By The Purr Of Her Humans”, in Not Always Right, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2022:
   • 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! 1841, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 17, in The Deerslayer: Or, the First War-path:
2. (transitive) To express by chirping.
   • '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. 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
   • The crickets chirruped their song.
3. (transitive) To quicken or animate by chirping.
   • to chirrup a horse

Forms

Deriveds

chirruper · chirrupy

Translations (12)

fi naksuttaa (to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (of technical or other origin)) · fi sirkuttaa (to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)) · de zwitschern (to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)) · bg цвъртя (to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (insects, esp. crickets)) · de tschilpen (to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)) · de zirpen (to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (insects, esp. crickets)) · mi korotī (to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)) · el κελαηδώ (to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)) · ru щебетать (to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)) · ru чирикать (to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)) · bg цвъркам (to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)) · fi sirittää (to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (insects, esp. crickets))