See chirk on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "chirken"
},
"expansion": "Middle English chirken",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "ċearcian",
"t": "to chatter, creak, crash"
},
"expansion": "Old English ċearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*krakōn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *krakōn",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*krakċną",
"t": "to make a sound, crack"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *krakċną (“to make a sound, crack”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "chark"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of chark",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English chirken, cherken, charken, from Old English ċearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakċną (“to make a sound, crack”). Doublet of chark. Related also to crake, crack.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chirks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "chirking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "chirked",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chirked",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "chirk (third-person singular simple present chirks, present participle chirking, simple past and past participle chirked)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To become happier."
],
"id": "en-chirk-en-verb-4~CRx5vk",
"links": [
[
"chirk up",
"chirk up"
],
[
"happier",
"happier"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, especially as \"chirk up\") To become happier."
],
"raw_tags": [
"as \"chirk up\""
],
"tags": [
"especially",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To make happier."
],
"id": "en-chirk-en-verb-GRfU2-Jq",
"links": [
[
"chirk up",
"chirk up"
],
[
"happier",
"happier"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, especially as \"chirk up\") To make happier."
],
"raw_tags": [
"as \"chirk up\""
],
"tags": [
"especially",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To make the sound of a bird; to chirp."
],
"id": "en-chirk-en-verb-e3qnK05G",
"links": [
[
"chirp",
"chirp"
]
]
}
],
"word": "chirk"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "chirken"
},
"expansion": "Middle English chirken",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "ċearcian",
"t": "to chatter, creak, crash"
},
"expansion": "Old English ċearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*krakōn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *krakōn",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*krakċną",
"t": "to make a sound, crack"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *krakċną (“to make a sound, crack”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "chark"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of chark",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English chirken, cherken, charken, from Old English ċearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakċną (“to make a sound, crack”). Doublet of chark. Related also to crake, crack.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chirker",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "more chirk",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "chirkest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "most chirk",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "er",
"2": "more"
},
"expansion": "chirk (comparative chirker or more chirk, superlative chirkest or most chirk)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "New England English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "51 23 23 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "38 17 17 2 4 8 5 3 4 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 19 19 1 2 8 3 2 2 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "70 15 15 1",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Happiness",
"orig": "en:Happiness",
"parents": [
"Emotions",
"Mind",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"lively; cheerful; in good spirits"
],
"id": "en-chirk-en-adj-by4gXG4P",
"links": [
[
"lively",
"lively"
],
[
"cheerful",
"cheerful"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, US, chiefly New England) lively; cheerful; in good spirits"
],
"tags": [
"New-England",
"US",
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"word": "chirk"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "enm",
"3": "cherkin"
},
"expansion": "Middle English cherkin",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "ang",
"3": "ċearcian"
},
"expansion": "Old English ċearcian",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "cracian"
},
"expansion": "Old English cracian",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*krakōn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *krakōn",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*krakōną",
"4": "",
"5": "to crack; crackle; shriek"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to crack; crackle; shriek”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "chirk"
},
"expansion": "English chirk",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "chork",
"3": "crak",
"4": "crake",
"5": "jarg"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of chork, crak, crake, and jarg",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English cherkin, from Old English ċearcian, ċiercian, variant forms of Old English cracian, from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to crack; crackle; shriek”).\nCognate with English chirk. Doublet of chork, crak, crake, and jarg. The noun is derived from the verb.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chirks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"10": "",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "plural",
"6": "chirks",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"cat2": "",
"cat3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "chirk (plural chirks)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "chirk (plural chirks)",
"name": "sco-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a harsh grating or creaking noise"
],
"id": "en-chirk-sco-noun-hHoq~IyN",
"links": [
[
"harsh",
"harsh"
],
[
"grating",
"grate"
],
[
"creak",
"creak"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "North Northern Scots",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Orkney Scots",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Shetland Scots",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "sco",
"name": "Geology",
"orig": "sco:Geology",
"parents": [
"Earth sciences",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "18 37 25 7 7 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"wet gravelly subsoil"
],
"id": "en-chirk-sco-noun-YLjchW7B",
"links": [
[
"geology",
"geology"
],
[
"subsoil",
"subsoil"
]
],
"qualifier": "Northern Isles",
"raw_glosses": [
"(geology, North Northern Scots, Northern Isles) wet gravelly subsoil"
],
"tags": [
"North-Northern-Scots"
],
"topics": [
"geography",
"geology",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[tʃɪrk]"
},
{
"ipa": "[tʃʌrk]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "chairk"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "jirg"
}
],
"word": "chirk"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "house-cricket",
"word": "chirker"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "enm",
"3": "cherkin"
},
"expansion": "Middle English cherkin",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "ang",
"3": "ċearcian"
},
"expansion": "Old English ċearcian",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "cracian"
},
"expansion": "Old English cracian",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*krakōn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *krakōn",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*krakōną",
"4": "",
"5": "to crack; crackle; shriek"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to crack; crackle; shriek”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "chirk"
},
"expansion": "English chirk",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "chork",
"3": "crak",
"4": "crake",
"5": "jarg"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of chork, crak, crake, and jarg",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English cherkin, from Old English ċearcian, ċiercian, variant forms of Old English cracian, from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to crack; crackle; shriek”).\nCognate with English chirk. Doublet of chork, crak, crake, and jarg. The noun is derived from the verb.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chirks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "chirkin",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "chirkit",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chirkit",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"10": "chirkit",
"2": "verbs",
"3": "third-person singular simple present",
"4": "chirks",
"5": "present participle",
"6": "chirkin",
"7": "simple past",
"8": "chirkit",
"9": "past participle",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "chirk (third-person singular simple present chirks, present participle chirkin, simple past chirkit, past participle chirkit)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "chirks",
"2": "chirkin",
"3": "chirkit",
"4": "chirkit"
},
"expansion": "chirk (third-person singular simple present chirks, present participle chirkin, simple past chirkit, past participle chirkit)",
"name": "sco-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to make a harsh, strident noise"
],
"id": "en-chirk-sco-verb-zHt-l6mE",
"links": [
[
"harsh",
"harsh"
],
[
"strident",
"strident"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to creak (of a door)"
],
"id": "en-chirk-sco-verb-h9wiAIV8",
"links": [
[
"creak",
"creak"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to gnash, rub together (of the teeth or gums)"
],
"id": "en-chirk-sco-verb-VRSzixku",
"links": [
[
"gnash",
"gnash"
],
[
"rub",
"rub"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to make a squelching noise"
],
"id": "en-chirk-sco-verb-HkX0GQ8j",
"links": [
[
"squelch",
"squelch"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[tʃɪrk]"
},
{
"ipa": "[tʃʌrk]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "chairk"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "jirg"
}
],
"word": "chirk"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Happiness"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "chirken"
},
"expansion": "Middle English chirken",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "ċearcian",
"t": "to chatter, creak, crash"
},
"expansion": "Old English ċearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*krakōn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *krakōn",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*krakċną",
"t": "to make a sound, crack"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *krakċną (“to make a sound, crack”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "chark"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of chark",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English chirken, cherken, charken, from Old English ċearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakċną (“to make a sound, crack”). Doublet of chark. Related also to crake, crack.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chirks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "chirking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "chirked",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chirked",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "chirk (third-person singular simple present chirks, present participle chirking, simple past and past participle chirked)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To become happier."
],
"links": [
[
"chirk up",
"chirk up"
],
[
"happier",
"happier"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, especially as \"chirk up\") To become happier."
],
"raw_tags": [
"as \"chirk up\""
],
"tags": [
"especially",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To make happier."
],
"links": [
[
"chirk up",
"chirk up"
],
[
"happier",
"happier"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, especially as \"chirk up\") To make happier."
],
"raw_tags": [
"as \"chirk up\""
],
"tags": [
"especially",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To make the sound of a bird; to chirp."
],
"links": [
[
"chirp",
"chirp"
]
]
}
],
"word": "chirk"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Happiness"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "chirken"
},
"expansion": "Middle English chirken",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "ċearcian",
"t": "to chatter, creak, crash"
},
"expansion": "Old English ċearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*krakōn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *krakōn",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*krakċną",
"t": "to make a sound, crack"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *krakċną (“to make a sound, crack”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "chark"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of chark",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English chirken, cherken, charken, from Old English ċearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakċną (“to make a sound, crack”). Doublet of chark. Related also to crake, crack.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chirker",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "more chirk",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "chirkest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "most chirk",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "er",
"2": "more"
},
"expansion": "chirk (comparative chirker or more chirk, superlative chirkest or most chirk)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English colloquialisms",
"New England English"
],
"glosses": [
"lively; cheerful; in good spirits"
],
"links": [
[
"lively",
"lively"
],
[
"cheerful",
"cheerful"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, US, chiefly New England) lively; cheerful; in good spirits"
],
"tags": [
"New-England",
"US",
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"word": "chirk"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Scots doublets",
"Scots entries with incorrect language header",
"Scots lemmas",
"Scots nouns",
"Scots terms derived from Middle English",
"Scots terms derived from Old English",
"Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Scots terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
"Scots terms inherited from Old English",
"Scots verbs"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "enm",
"3": "cherkin"
},
"expansion": "Middle English cherkin",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "ang",
"3": "ċearcian"
},
"expansion": "Old English ċearcian",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "cracian"
},
"expansion": "Old English cracian",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*krakōn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *krakōn",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*krakōną",
"4": "",
"5": "to crack; crackle; shriek"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to crack; crackle; shriek”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "chirk"
},
"expansion": "English chirk",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "chork",
"3": "crak",
"4": "crake",
"5": "jarg"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of chork, crak, crake, and jarg",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English cherkin, from Old English ċearcian, ċiercian, variant forms of Old English cracian, from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to crack; crackle; shriek”).\nCognate with English chirk. Doublet of chork, crak, crake, and jarg. The noun is derived from the verb.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chirks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"10": "",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "plural",
"6": "chirks",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"cat2": "",
"cat3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "chirk (plural chirks)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "chirk (plural chirks)",
"name": "sco-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a harsh grating or creaking noise"
],
"links": [
[
"harsh",
"harsh"
],
[
"grating",
"grate"
],
[
"creak",
"creak"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"North Northern Scots",
"Orkney Scots",
"Shetland Scots",
"sco:Geology"
],
"glosses": [
"wet gravelly subsoil"
],
"links": [
[
"geology",
"geology"
],
[
"subsoil",
"subsoil"
]
],
"qualifier": "Northern Isles",
"raw_glosses": [
"(geology, North Northern Scots, Northern Isles) wet gravelly subsoil"
],
"tags": [
"North-Northern-Scots"
],
"topics": [
"geography",
"geology",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[tʃɪrk]"
},
{
"ipa": "[tʃʌrk]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "chairk"
},
{
"word": "jirg"
}
],
"word": "chirk"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Scots doublets",
"Scots entries with incorrect language header",
"Scots lemmas",
"Scots nouns",
"Scots terms derived from Middle English",
"Scots terms derived from Old English",
"Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Scots terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
"Scots terms inherited from Old English",
"Scots verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "house-cricket",
"word": "chirker"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "enm",
"3": "cherkin"
},
"expansion": "Middle English cherkin",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "ang",
"3": "ċearcian"
},
"expansion": "Old English ċearcian",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "cracian"
},
"expansion": "Old English cracian",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*krakōn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *krakōn",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*krakōną",
"4": "",
"5": "to crack; crackle; shriek"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to crack; crackle; shriek”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "chirk"
},
"expansion": "English chirk",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "chork",
"3": "crak",
"4": "crake",
"5": "jarg"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of chork, crak, crake, and jarg",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English cherkin, from Old English ċearcian, ċiercian, variant forms of Old English cracian, from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to crack; crackle; shriek”).\nCognate with English chirk. Doublet of chork, crak, crake, and jarg. The noun is derived from the verb.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chirks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "chirkin",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "chirkit",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chirkit",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"10": "chirkit",
"2": "verbs",
"3": "third-person singular simple present",
"4": "chirks",
"5": "present participle",
"6": "chirkin",
"7": "simple past",
"8": "chirkit",
"9": "past participle",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "chirk (third-person singular simple present chirks, present participle chirkin, simple past chirkit, past participle chirkit)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "chirks",
"2": "chirkin",
"3": "chirkit",
"4": "chirkit"
},
"expansion": "chirk (third-person singular simple present chirks, present participle chirkin, simple past chirkit, past participle chirkit)",
"name": "sco-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to make a harsh, strident noise"
],
"links": [
[
"harsh",
"harsh"
],
[
"strident",
"strident"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to creak (of a door)"
],
"links": [
[
"creak",
"creak"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to gnash, rub together (of the teeth or gums)"
],
"links": [
[
"gnash",
"gnash"
],
[
"rub",
"rub"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to make a squelching noise"
],
"links": [
[
"squelch",
"squelch"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[tʃɪrk]"
},
{
"ipa": "[tʃʌrk]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "chairk"
},
{
"word": "jirg"
}
],
"word": "chirk"
}
Download raw JSONL data for chirk meaning in All languages combined (10.6kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.