Meaning & use

Chirps

verb·Everyday

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Makes short, sharp, high-pitched sounds, as a small bird or insect does.

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The sparrow chirps loudly every morning outside her window.

A cricket chirps in the grass long after sunset.

A note on using this word

Used as the third-person singular present tense of 'chirp'; the plural noun form refers to the sounds themselves, as in 'the chirps of crickets.'

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Another way to use it

2. noun

Short, sharp, high-pitched sounds made by a bird or insect.

The chirps of morning birds woke the whole neighborhood.

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