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chirrup

 
Dictionary: chir·rup
(chûr'əp, chĭr'-) pronunciation

v., -ruped, -rup·ing, -rups.

v.intr.
  1. To utter a series of chirps.
  2. To make clucking or clicking sounds with the lips, as in urging on a horse.
v.tr.
  1. To sound with chirps.
  2. To make clucking sounds to.
n.
  1. A series of chirps.
  2. A series of clucks or clicking sounds, such as those made to urge on a horse.

[Variant of CHIRP.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a series of chirps
  Synonym: twitter


The verb chirrup has one meaning:

Meaning #1: make high-pitched sounds; of birds
  Synonyms: twirp, cheep, chirp


 
 
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