Synonyms for chirp
Definitions
- v. 1
To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets; to chitter; to twitter.
Forms
- Past participle
- chirped
e.g. chirped → peeped, cheeped, chirruped, twittered…
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To chirp is to utter a brief musical sound, perhaps often repeated in the same key, as by certain small birds, insects, etc.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- peep I don't want to hear another peep out of you.
- chirrup For an hour or more that evening I listened to his monotonous chirrup.
- sing You are the kind of guitarist I like to sing with.
By length
- 3 letters
- pip1
- 4 letters
- sing1, peep1
- 5 letters
- carol2, cheep, chirr
- 7 letters
- twitter2, tweedle2, chirrup
- 10 letters
- stridulate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (carol2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- gazouiller
- Italiano
- cinguettare