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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
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 Deep breathing could be heard; birds chirped loudly outside; spectators murmured on the periphery. Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirped
Verb
  • 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
  • Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani tweeted support for Local 802 on October 9.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 Oct. 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
  • 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
Verb
  • With louche tailoring and cool confidence, there is undoubtedly a sang-froid air about Armani that seems to transcend time and place.
    Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • As Penrose sung the chorus, a pair of assistants took on the task of splashing her with paint and confetti – all without skipping a beat.
    Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Machado pipped Trump to the award, who had relentlessly campaigned to win the prize himself, alongside a number of political allies including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Aaron Ramsdale, meanwhile, was signed from Southampton on an initial loan with an option to buy once Manchester City pipped Newcastle to James Trafford.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Chirped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chirped. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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