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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeia, like chirp.
Interjection
twirp
- An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn.
1898, Metropolitan: Volume 7, page 520:The hounds are impatient. "Twirp, twirp, twirp!" goes the horn, and "Crack, crack, crack!" responds the whip. It is a chorus that stirs the blood of the veteran as well as that of the uninitiated fox-hunter.
1996 August, Garrett Barbuto, Boys' Life, page 54:The first guy climbed up a tree and the farmer yelled, "Who is in my tree?" "Twirp, twirp," replied the first guy. […] "Meow," replied the second guy.
Etymology 2
Unknown, possibly derived from the onomatopoeia. See twerp.
Noun
twirp (plural twirps)
- Alternative spelling of twerp
1924, Munsey's Magazine: Volume 81, page 561:Don't be such a twirp. I'll be back in twenty minutes. Watch the clock! Time me! I'm going to take the bus.