"chirping" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chirpings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chirping (plural chirpings)
  1. (gerund of chirp) The act, or an instance of, chirping. Tags: gerund
    Sense id: en-chirping-en-noun-~vcyH8GC

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} chirping
  1. present participle and gerund of chirp Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: chirp
    Sense id: en-chirping-en-verb-OQ1LtFzs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 90

Inflected forms

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