"chirr" meaning in English

See chirr in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃɜː/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /t͡ʃɝ/ [General-American], /t͡ʃɪr/ [Scotland], /t͡ʃøː/ [New-Zealand], /t͡ʃeː/ (note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger), /t͡ʃɛː/ (note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-churr.wav , en-au-chur.ogg Forms: chirrs [plural], churr [alternative]
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 onomatopoeias, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 57 43

Verb

IPA: /t͡ʃɜː/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /t͡ʃɝ/ [General-American], /t͡ʃɪr/ [Scotland], /t͡ʃøː/ [New-Zealand], /t͡ʃeː/ (note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger), /t͡ʃɛː/ (note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-churr.wav , en-au-chur.ogg Forms: chirrs [present, singular, third-person], chirring [participle, present], chirred [participle, past], chirred [past], churr [alternative]
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: 44 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 52 48

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "trilled sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chirrido"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chirr"
}

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