"churtle" meaning in English

See churtle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: churtles [plural]
Etymology: From chirt + -le. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|chirt|le}} chirt + -le Head templates: {{en-noun}} churtle (plural churtles)
  1. .
    Sense id: en-churtle-en-noun-zbTuKupp

Verb

Forms: churtles [present, singular, third-person], churtling [participle, present], churtled [participle, past], churtled [past]
Etymology: From chirt + -le. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|chirt|le}} chirt + -le Head templates: {{en-verb}} churtle (third-person singular simple present churtles, present participle churtling, simple past and past participle churtled)
  1. To chirp.
    Sense id: en-churtle-en-verb-4QpgmYHs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86

Inflected forms

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