"chirr" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /t͡ʃɜː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /t͡ʃɝ/ [General-American] Forms: chirrs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: Imitative, ca. 1600. Head templates: {{en-noun}} chirr (plural chirrs)
  1. The trilled sound made by an insect. Translations (trilled sound): siritys (Finnish), стрекота́ние (strekotánije) [neuter] (Russian), треща́ние (treščánije) [neuter] (Russian), chirrido [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-chirr-en-noun-5IxWEcgT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: churr

Verb [English]

IPA: /t͡ʃɜː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /t͡ʃɝ/ [General-American] Forms: chirrs [present, singular, third-person], chirring [participle, present], chirred [participle, past], chirred [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: Imitative, ca. 1600. Head templates: {{en-verb}} chirr (third-person singular simple present chirrs, present participle chirring, simple past and past participle chirred)
  1. (intransitive) To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada). Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Animal sounds Synonyms: chirp, stridulate Translations (to make a trilled sound): sirittää (Finnish), стрекота́ть (strekotátʹ) (Russian), треща́ть (treščátʹ) (Russian), grillar (Spanish), chirriar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-chirr-en-verb-6tXPj7VS Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 38 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: churr

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          "sense": "to make a trilled sound",
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          "sense": "to make a trilled sound",
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          "code": "es",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to make a trilled sound",
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      "word": "стрекота́ть"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make a trilled sound",
      "word": "grillar"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make a trilled sound",
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    }
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "siritys"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "trilled sound",
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      "sense": "trilled sound",
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      ],
      "word": "chirrido"
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