chirp

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English

Etymology

From Middle English *chirpen (attested only in the derivative Middle English chirpinge, cyrpynge, chyrypynge (“chirping”). Compare Middle English chirken and chirmen. More at chirk, chirm. Compare also Middle English chirten (“to smack, chirrup”).

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Noun

chirp (plural chirps)

  1. A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
  2. (radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse.

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Verb

chirp (third-person singular simple present chirps, present participle chirping, simple past and past participle chirped)

  1. (intransitive) To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 95:
      "Well, I suppose you didn't come out of the egg either before you could chirp," said the woman who was on the egg.
  2. (intransitive) To speak in a high-pitched staccato.
  3. (transitive, radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) To modify (a pulse of signal) so that it sweeps through a band of frequencies throughout its duration.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To cheer up; to make (someone) happier.
  5. (Canada) To speak rapid insulting comical banter back and forth.

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