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Recent Examples of chirp
Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 7 May 2026
And the birds are chirping their hearts out.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
David Culver, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Today’s Wordle Etymology The word chirp comes from Middle English chirpen (also spelled chirpyn), which was an imitative verb formed to mimic the short, sharp sounds of small birds or insects.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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Verb
I'mPhaedra Trethan, using this handy guide to identify the birds chirping in my yard each morning.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 7 May 2026
And the birds are chirping their hearts out.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
Only the chirp of insects and the distant hum of a generator.
—David Culver, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Today’s Wordle Etymology The word chirp comes from Middle English chirpen (also spelled chirpyn), which was an imitative verb formed to mimic the short, sharp sounds of small birds or insects.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirp
Verb
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Before heading out, peep the vintage Pizza Hut lamp in the bathroom.—
Becky Duffett,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 June 2026
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This creator wears her medium-wash denim pair with a simple white tube top and ever-so-slightly freaky sandals—peep the cutout toe detail.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
29 May 2026
Noun
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The pilot allegedly used squawk code 7500 during the incident — the air traffic control signal referencing a plane hijacking, Metro reported.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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He was missed — especially vocally — since Gill’s angelic voice does not, in any way shape or form, resemble Walsh’s charmingly out-of-pitch squawk-talk style.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
25 Jan. 2026
Verb
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French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu tweets that five passengers from the country were evacuated from the ship and one of them exhibited symptoms after boarding the evacuation flight.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Hart jokingly tweeted after the clip went viral.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Native to North America, eastern screech-owls are mostly gray, reddish-brown or brown with yellow eyes, according to the Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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This causes a blast of high-energy radiation called a gamma-ray burst (GRB), a final screech of gravitational waves, and sends out a spray of neutron-rich matter, which allows a process to occur that generates very heavy but unstable elements.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The company also currently pipes water to 26 of its own data centers, and is working on more than 100 more such water reclamation projects.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline shipped millions of barrels a day to the Red Sea, while the United Arab Emirates has been piping barrels to the port of Fujairah outside the gulf.—
Devika Krishna Kumar,
Fortune,
6 June 2026
Noun
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In response, the paddlers near the front of the canoe momentarily pause their paddling and squeal as the sea lion splashes them.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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These threatened and endangered species are gentle, curious, and squeal-inducing levels of adorable, making a rare sighting all the more special and memorable.—
Joey Skladany,
Southern Living,
21 May 2026
Verb
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The ice rocked four or five feet in each direction, and suddenly a group of penguins surfaced beside the kayak and started chittering.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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Harding sings in the hooded, lower end of her range, and the music is filled with nighttime sounds—chittering percussion, organ.—
Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Others reported a persistent squeak.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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The only sound coming from the Dodger Stadium visitors’ clubhouse Wednesday night was the squeak of a laundry cart.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Chirp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chirp. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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