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verb

ˈchərp How to pronounce chirp (audio)
Definition of chirpnext
as in to peep
to make a short sharp sound like a small bird the sparrows were chirping up a storm in the backyard

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chirp

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noun

as in squawk

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Recent Examples of chirp
Verb
Social media has chirped with photos and comments from birders, some of whom see this as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. — Mindy Schauer, Oc Register, 3 Sep. 2026 According to several people seated near Kanter Freedom, Alter said the former NBA player began chirping at Cloud throughout the quarter. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
What started as a creative chirp is now stitched into the vernacular—less insult, more itinerary, as the shift from the rink to the links has become engrained as hockey’s preferred therapy. — Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2026 Then, sit back and listen to the sweet chirp of birds, watch the butterflies, and enjoy the fragrances from your beautiful container garden. — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chirp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirp
  1. peep
  2. squawk
  3. tweet
  4. screech
  5. pipe
  6. squeal
  7. chitter
  8. squeak
Verb
  • Earlier this year, a 12-foot alligator was found peeping through a Southport woman’s storm door, and an 8-foot gator was caught hiding under a car at a bank drive-thru.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Among the highlights are Pisgah National Forest for traditional leaf-peeping activities, and artistic craft centers such as the Folk Art Center for shopping.
    — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of peep
Noun
  • In a separate incident involving a squawk 7700 in July, a Southwest Airlines flight departing Kahului, Hawaii, sent out a squawk 7700 after a passenger experienced a medical issue on board, the airline confirmed to PEOPLE at the time.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
  • For aviation geeks or those who simply want to keep track of their plane’s unique flying data and route, squawk codes can be tracked on apps and websites like Flightradar24 and Flight Beacon.
    — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026
Definition of squawk
Verb
  • On Tuesday, one user tweeted at Altman with an image of a trail of RAM sticks leading to a box trap.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026
  • In October, Semafor reported that the Daily Caller tweeted a cartoon of Bill Gates and the devil posing with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wearing an Israeli flag Speedo.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of tweet
Noun
  • Subject county officials to the horrible, 24/7 screech that large data centers emit.
    — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The screech of electric saws and pounding of nails into plywood are now background noise in the French capital.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of screech
Verb
  • The result—which also uses DLSS frame generation to increase the 30 fps source to a 90 fps output—is then piped back to a 4K TV, theoretically adding some of the benefits of a beefy PC graphics card to a console-exclusive game.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Neither of those observations matches the doom narrative being piped into the Paris street.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of pipe
Noun
  • But about five minutes later, a sharp cracking sound momentarily replaced the shrill squeal of sirens, and the top half of the South Tower imploded, bringing the entire thing down.
    — Timothy Townsend, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Witness Hoon Chan Sim, 53, was sitting on a park lawn with his dog near West Drive when he was startled by the squeal of braking tires, and spun around to see the horrific collision.
    — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
Definition of squeal
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of chitter
Noun
  • Every wiggle and wobble, every snuffle and squeak of six newborn puppies snuggling together in Finland is captured by cameras monitoring their development in the first weeks of their lives.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Nestled deep among the wads of shredded paper and other bric-a-brac, the occupants made not a squeak, concealed to anyone who looked through the carrier’s door.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of squeak

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