Chirp Meaning
/t͡ʃɜːp/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
nounA pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse; the quality of having a such a variation in frequency.
Sentence Examples
At sunset, the crickets begin to chirp and the fireflies light up the night.
The birds chirp loudly while flying rapidly.
Are there birds with this kind of chirp in Australia too?
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The baby bird let out a soft ____ to call its mother.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I love to hear the morning ____ of the birds as they wake up today.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The long fiber lengths required to linearize the chirp can then be used […]"
— 1985, D. Strickland, & G. Moreau, “Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses”, in Optics Communications, volume 56, number 3, pages 219-221:
""Well, I suppose you didn't come out of the egg either before you could chirp," said the woman who was on the egg."
— 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 95:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The baby bird let out a soft ____ to call its mother.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I love to hear the morning ____ of the birds as they wake up today.