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Synonyms for chirp
Synonyms: Verb
cheep, chirrup, chitter, jargon, peep, pip, pipe, tweet, twitter
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The birds were chirping in the trees. We heard the crickets chirping.Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
That’s why the NFPA recommends testing your smoke alarms at least once a month, replacing the batteries once a year (or when the alarm chirps to tell you the battery is low), and replacing any smoke alarm that’s more than 10 years old. — Kimberly Truong, SELF, "House Fires Are Way More Common in Winter—Here’s How to Stay Safe," 23 Jan. 2019 Shopping 12 Slides The sun is out, the birds are chirping, and spring sales are starting -- much to our bank accounts dismay. — Teen Vogue, "Everything We’re Buying From & Other Stories Sale Before It’s Too Late," 20 Mar. 2019 If the rear door isn’t opened, the horn chirps six times. — Ellen Byron, WSJ, "Despite Prevention Efforts, Hot-Car Casualties Are Rising," 11 Feb. 2019 Being so exposed is an eerie feeling at first, to be sure, but the serenade of chirping frogs and grunting hippos becomes familiar in due course. — Virginia Van Zanten, Vogue, "Why Botswana Should Top Your Travel List in 2019," 27 Dec. 2018 While offenders spend their minor penalties chirping with fans and sneaking sweets, what unfolds on the ice during their exile often has major implications, particularly in the playoffs. — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, "Enter the Sin Bin: What It's Like to Be Sent to 'Adult Timeout' in the NHL," 17 Apr. 2018 Cooing, chirping, croaking, and splashing does seem a perfect background soundtrack to the Muslim call to prayer. — Marian Mcevoy, ELLE Decor, "An Intimate Look Inside Yves Saint Laurent’s Private Marrakech Home," 2 Aug. 2018 Birds wake up in the eaves of the schoolhouse, chirping as the sun streams in through the windows. — Leah Sottile, Longreads, "Bundyville Chapter Four: The Gospel of Bundy," 18 May 2018 The weather's getting warmer and the parks are full of birds chirping, flowers blooming, and kids running and laughing. — Redbook, "The Great Mom Debate: Do You Use Your Smartphone When You're With Your Kids?," 8 June 2011Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
What pushed it so far beyond your standard game experience was the ability to make that trek with another anonymous human player who could only communicate to you through emotive chirps. — Nick Statt, The Verge, "VR storybook game Luna is even more mesmerizing on Magic Leap’s headset," 18 Dec. 2018 The little canary's chirps were probably silenced just as the fire's chocking smoke engulfed its tiny cage. — Thanassis Stavrakis And Menelaos Hadjicostis, Fox News, "Dolls, bicycles among charred belongings leftover from blaze," 28 July 2018 Birds chirp, two assistants chase after a small dog named Biggie, a makeup artist fusses over primer and lash glue. — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, "Bethenny Frankel Doesn't Need to Be Thanked. But She Wouldn't Mind a Little Gratitude From President Trump.," 14 Sep. 2018 Mockingbirds chirp, roosters crow and the evening news blares in Spanish. Sundays, church bells ring and the air is all carne asada. — Esmeralda Bermudez, latimes.com, "An artist finds his subject in the hills of East L.A.," 14 Apr. 2018 Halfwerk's team let their bats hunt the robotic frogs under a few different noisy conditions in the large cage, all the while tracking and recording their ultrasonic chirps. — William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, "When Humans Make Too Much Noise, Bats Just Change How They Hunt," 15 Sep. 2016 This is the reality of a wireless, connected world where car doors lock with a click and a chirp, where children in the back seat stream videos and companies can update software technology remotely. — Phoebe Wall Howard, ajc, "Why you might want to wrap your car key fob in foil," 8 July 2018 This is the reality of a wireless, connected world where car doors lock with a click and a chirp, where children in the back seat stream videos and companies can update software technology remotely. — Phoebe Wall Howard, ajc, "Why you might want to wrap your car key fob in foil," 8 July 2018 That’s when that excruciatingly irritating little chirp from one of our smoke alarms began going off every 30 seconds. — Nick Hoppe, San Francisco Chronicle, "Lovely sounds in the middle of the night," 6 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'chirp.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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