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CHIRRUP

Dictionary entry overview: What does chirrup mean?

• CHIRRUP (noun)
The noun CHIRRUP has 1 sense:

1. a series of chirps

Familiarity information: CHIRRUP used as a noun is very rare.

• CHIRRUP (verb)
The verb CHIRRUP has 1 sense:

1. make high-pitched sounds; of birds

Familiarity information: CHIRRUP used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CHIRRUP (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A series of chirps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

chirrup; twitter

Hypernyms ("chirrup" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

• CHIRRUP (verb)

Sense 1

chirrup ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Make high-pitched sounds; of birds

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

cheep; chirp; chirrup; twirp; peep

Hypernyms (to "chirrup" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chirrup"):

chitter; twitter (make high-pitched sounds, as of birds)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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