Meaning & use
Chirping
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Making a series of short, high-pitched sounds, typically as birds or insects do.
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Birds were chirping cheerfully in the garden at dawn.
The smoke detector kept chirping until we replaced its battery.
A note on using this word
Beyond birds and insects, the word is often used informally for the intermittent beeping of a low-battery smoke alarm.
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