"chirrup" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪɹəp/, /ˈt͡ʃɜɹəp/ Forms: chirrups [plural]
Etymology: Variant of chirp. Head templates: {{en-noun}} chirrup (plural chirrups)
  1. A series of chirps, clicks or clucks. Categories (topical): Animal sounds Translations (A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)): Zwitschern [neuter] (German), Gezwitscher [neuter] (German) Translations (A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (insects, esp. crickets)): Gezirpe [neuter] (German) Translations (A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (of technical or other origin)): Geklicker [neuter] (German), Klackern [neuter] (German), Gepfeife [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-chirrup-en-noun-zoVb3fMm Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 30 31 27 5 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 20 33 4 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 25 29 8 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 19 33 5 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 23 33 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 33 26 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 33 26 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 29 33 26 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 29 30 26 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 29 33 26 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 32 27 5 5 Disambiguation of 'A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)': 97 3 Disambiguation of 'A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (insects, esp. crickets)': 95 5 Disambiguation of 'A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (of technical or other origin)': 97 3
  2. (figurative, derogatory) A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement. Tags: derogatory, figuratively Categories (topical): Animal sounds Translations (A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement (metaphorical)): Geschnatter [neuter] (German), Gegacker [neuter] (German), Gepiepse [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-chirrup-en-noun-Rk8s796F Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 30 31 27 5 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 20 33 4 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 25 29 8 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 19 33 5 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 23 33 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 33 26 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 33 26 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 29 33 26 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 29 30 26 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 29 33 26 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 32 27 5 5 Disambiguation of 'A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement (metaphorical)': 2 98

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪɹəp/, /ˈt͡ʃɜɹəp/ Forms: chirrups [present, singular, third-person], chirruping [participle, present], chirruped [participle, past], chirruped [past]
Etymology: Variant of chirp. Head templates: {{en-verb}} chirrup (third-person singular simple present chirrups, present participle chirruping, simple past and past participle chirruped)
  1. (intransitive) To make a series of chirps, clicks, or clucks. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Animal sounds Translations (to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)): цвъркам (cvǎrkam) (Bulgarian), sirkuttaa (Finnish), zwitschern (German), tschilpen (english: sparrows) (German), κελαηδώ (kelaïdó) (Greek), korotī (Maori), чирикать (čirikatʹ) (Russian), щебетать (ščebetatʹ) (Russian) Translations (to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (insects, esp. crickets)): цвъртя (cvǎrtja) (Bulgarian), sirittää (Finnish), zirpen (German) Translations (to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (of technical or other origin)): naksuttaa (english: click) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-chirrup-en-verb-HKntZbYe Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 30 31 27 5 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 20 33 4 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 25 29 8 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 19 33 5 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 23 33 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 33 26 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 33 26 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 29 33 26 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 29 30 26 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 29 33 26 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 32 27 5 5 Disambiguation of 'to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)': 91 5 4 Disambiguation of 'to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (insects, esp. crickets)': 91 5 4 Disambiguation of 'to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (of technical or other origin)': 91 5 4
  2. (transitive) To express by chirping. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-chirrup-en-verb-0lbSTtJw
  3. (transitive) To quicken or animate by chirping. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-chirrup-en-verb-fFuzB2wG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chirruper, chirrupy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "chirruper"
    },
    {
      "word": "chirrupy"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Variant of chirp.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chirrups",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chirruping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chirruped",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chirruped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "chirrup (third-person singular simple present chirrups, present participle chirruping, simple past and past participle chirruped)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1841, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 17, in The Deerslayer: Or, the First War-path:",
          "text": "When other folks' squirrels are at home and asleep, yourn keep in motion among the trees and chirrup and sing, in a way that even a Delaware gal can understand their music!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 July 23, “A She-Cat Tamed By The Purr Of Her Humans”, in Not Always Right, archived from the original on 2022-12-11:",
          "text": "Face Eater Cat is a very happy, healthy animal who's found her forever home, and she chirrups along when serenaded with eighties hits. It's a match made in heaven.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a series of chirps, clicks, or clucks."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "series",
          "series"
        ],
        [
          "chirp",
          "chirp"
        ],
        [
          "click",
          "click"
        ],
        [
          "cluck",
          "cluck"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To make a series of chirps, clicks, or clucks."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The crickets chirruped their song.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To express by chirping."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "express",
          "express"
        ],
        [
          "chirp",
          "chirp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To express by chirping."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to chirrup a horse",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To quicken or animate by chirping."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quicken",
          "quicken"
        ],
        [
          "animate",
          "animate"
        ],
        [
          "chirp",
          "chirp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To quicken or animate by chirping."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɪɹəp/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɜɹəp/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "click",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (of technical or other origin)",
      "word": "naksuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "cvǎrkam",
      "sense": "to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)",
      "word": "цвъркам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)",
      "word": "sirkuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)",
      "word": "zwitschern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "sparrows",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)",
      "word": "tschilpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kelaïdó",
      "sense": "to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)",
      "word": "κελαηδώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)",
      "word": "korotī"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čirikatʹ",
      "sense": "to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)",
      "word": "чирикать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ščebetatʹ",
      "sense": "to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)",
      "word": "щебетать"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "cvǎrtja",
      "sense": "to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (insects, esp. crickets)",
      "word": "цвъртя"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (insects, esp. crickets)",
      "word": "sirittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks (insects, esp. crickets)",
      "word": "zirpen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chirrup"
}

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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
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    "en:Animal sounds"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Variant of chirp.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chirrups",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "chirrup (plural chirrups)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1845 Charles Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth, Chirp the First,\nAnd here, if you like, the Cricket DID chime in! with a Chirrup, Chirrup, Chirrup of such magnitude, by way of chorus […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 9, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:",
          "text": "[…] the music flashed by in delirious chirrups and stampings.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A series of chirps, clicks or clucks."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:",
          "text": "For an hour or more that evening I listened to his monotonous chirrup about bad money driving out good, the token value of silver, the depreciation of the rupee, and the true standards of exchange.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1918 June, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Prelude”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 2:",
          "text": "“[…]Children, say ‘thank you’ to Mrs. Samuel Josephs.” Two subdued chirrups: “Thank you, Mrs. Samuel Josephs.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, derogatory) A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɪɹəp/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɜɹəp/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (of technical or other origin)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Geklicker"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (of technical or other origin)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Klackern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (of technical or other origin)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gepfeife"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zwitschern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (birds)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gezwitscher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A series of chirps, clicks or clucks (insects, esp. crickets)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gezirpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement (metaphorical)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Geschnatter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement (metaphorical)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gegacker"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement (metaphorical)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gepiepse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chirrup"
}

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