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chirped

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verb

past tense of chirp
as in chirruped
to make a short sharp sound like a small bird the sparrows were chirping up a storm in the backyard

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Recent Examples of chirped
Verb
Morale was high and the margin was 71-66 shortly after Bruce Brown scored a second-chance bucket and chirped at Durant, his former teammate. Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025 Sparrows that had flown down into the roofless atrium chirped noisily. Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirped
Verb
  • Peep swathed-in-suede shoulder bags here, as well as commuter totes, crossbodies, and stylish top-handle satchels that align with fall 2025 trends peeped on runways.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The Warriors tweeted out a picture of Snoop with star guard Stephen Curry after the pair crossed paths before the game.
    Nick Friedell, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Hegseth also tweeted a meme of Franklin the Turtle firing missiles at drug boats further undermining his credibility and assuring him another cameo on South Park.
    Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • No photograph could catch the smell drifting from the nearby military barracks and Indian camps; capture the murmured swirl of French, English, Arapaho, and Lakota; or let a viewer feel the colliding anxieties and expectations that hung heavy over negotiations like this.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • My mother trilled vapidly over these mundane facts.
    Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • His wraparound, tight-quarters assist on a Keshad Johnson dunk in the second half breathed fire into the lungs of the home crowd.
    Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2021
Verb
  • Diners chattered away and ate at the restaurant while wedding guests gathered on the dance floor.
    Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Moviegoers' comic enjoyment was so prominent that at one point, a foul-mouthed viewer yelled for everyone to shut up.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Instead of the slow, masked killers people were used to, Freddy Krueger was a quick-witted, foul-mouthed, charismatic villain who could kill people in their dreams, oftentimes dragging them down into his nightmarish boiler room before finishing them off.
    Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Chirped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chirped. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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