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Recent Examples of chirp
Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
From organized team activities to the early days of training camp, Horn constantly chirped at quarterback Bryce Young in an effort to throw him off his game.
—Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
The watch flashes a seven, an insistent chirp accompanying the number.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 22 July 2025
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Verb
Don’t miss the 3.5-mile Cliff Walk, a coastal path weaving by mansions and shoreline, with a chorus of chirping birds as your soundtrack.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
From organized team activities to the early days of training camp, Horn constantly chirped at quarterback Bryce Young in an effort to throw him off his game.
—Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
Traffic caused a low hum alongside the chirp of a bird or the chitter of cicadas.
—Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
The watch flashes a seven, an insistent chirp accompanying the number.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirp
Verb
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While you’re holed up in your new lodgings, enjoy a blissful soak under the rainfall showerhead or take in the view from the glass wall in the bedroom that offers an unobscured view during leaf-peeping season and beyond.—
Lori Keong,
Architectural Digest,
6 Nov. 2025
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The drive is a major leaf-peeping favorite every autumn, taking travelers through Virginia and North Carolina, connecting Shenandoah National Park with Great Smoky Mountains National Park.—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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According to outlets Airlive and Travel and Tour World, crews on board issued an emergency squawk code 7600.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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Yet, leading up to the show, the squawks from the models sounded more like practical concerns than diva demands.—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Musk tweeted last week about pursuing the same ambition, saying his company already has a foundation in Starlink, the satellite internet constellation.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Nov. 2025
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Saturday’s loss led the state’s governor to tweet that LSU should rethink that.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That frenetic screech of packing tape echoing in your emptying home may send your blood pressure soaring.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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So rang the delighted screech of a young Manchester United fan outside the Progress with Unity Stadium, an hour before United’s Women’s Champions League debut against Valarenga on Wednesday night.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Sophi of course squeals, which puts the pink-haired frontwoman on the outs with mostly everyone.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
24 Sep. 2025
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Instead of chocolate or a throwaway trinket, this calendar delivers 25 days of genuine squeal-worthy surprises.—
Katie Ann Lehman,
StyleCaster,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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After the American flight turned south and the ITA flight continued west, an air traffic controller piped in to clarify what happened.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Roofroomer treats the drainage system similarly, integrating a floor drain and piped sink basin drain through the floor of the unit.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Her bottom lip dropped and a tiny squeak emerged.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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This isn’t like missing a 2-foot putt, or getting posterized, or letting a groundball squeak through your legs or blowing a tire on the ice.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The group set out in the park to investigate chittering sounds that turned out to be a couple of white-breasted nut hatches.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
22 Sep. 2025
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Evening had fallen, and bats chittered in the sky outside.—
Pete McKenzie,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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“Chirp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chirp. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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