Antonyms for chirp


Grammar : Verb
Spell : churp
Phonetic Transcription : tʃɜrp


Definition of chirp

Origin :
  • mid-15c. (implied in chirping), echoic, or else a variant of Middle English chirken "to twitter" (late 14c.), from Old English cearcian "to creak, gnash." Related: Chirped. As a noun, attested from 1802.
  • verb peep, cheep
Example sentences :
  • Silence, broken only by the chirp of the cheery little teakettle.
  • Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
  • Let us forget for a moment the chirp of the family housekeeper over her gods.
  • Extract from : « Holbein » by Beatrice Fortescue
  • If you chirp, I'll have to blow the roof of your head off, Gage!
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell Down South » by Burt L. Standish
  • Sparrows begin to chirp, first one, then ten, then thousands.
  • Extract from : « The Dragon Painter » by Mary McNeil Fenollosa
  • All around him was the chirp and bustle of unseen bird and animal life.
  • Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
  • Lacy said she hadn't heard Uncle Joe chirp since he was baptized.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • "I will," cried the little fairy, in a voice as clear as the chirp of a cricket.
  • Extract from : « Ting-a-ling » by Frank Richard Stockton
  • When it began to chirp faintly, he listened as if it were a beautiful sound.
  • Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
  • One by one they were moving, staggering to their feet, beginning to chirp.
  • Extract from : « The Chestermarke Instinct » by J. S. Fletcher
  • “Yes,” he said directly after, for the chirp was answered from lower down.
  • Extract from : « The Kopje Garrison » by George Manville Fenn

Synonyms for chirp

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