chirps 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of chirp
as in chirrups
to make a short sharp sound like a small bird the sparrows were chirping up a storm in the backyard

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chirps

2 of 2

noun

plural of chirp
as in squawks

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Recent Examples of chirps
Verb
Yurov laughs hysterically and chirps back at Kreider. — Michael Russo, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirps
  1. tweets
  2. clucks
  3. trills
  4. cackles
  5. pipes
  6. barks
  7. pips
  8. grunts
Verb
  • 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, 2 July 2026
  • PooCrave sprung to life five years later, and with its PopCrave-esque logo tweets out PopCrave-esque announcements that are patently false.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of tweets
Noun
  • With a few hoots and hollers, and even a couple clucks, the group took off on their ascent to the Betty Bear Hut.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 30 July 2026
  • Hens make a combination of clucks and yelps when calling to a gobbler.
    — Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of clucks
Verb
  • Zipf’s law states that a handful of words—or, in this case, chirps, whistles and trills—occur frequently, while most are rare.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
  • McGill’s superbly nuanced calls, runs, and trills elicited commentary from a second audience, perched in the trees above—a colloquium of finches, towhees, titmice, kingbirds, juncos, and Eurasian collared doves.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of trills
Noun
  • Her performance presents as camp, but her dynamic range of loud cackles and quiet glances is fabulous.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • One minute later, cackles rippled through my eardrums at a higher decibel than before.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of cackles
Verb
  • The Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority, which pipes fresh water from the mainland throughout the Keys, said in a statement that the break happened on Conch Key, which is about 14 miles north of the Middle Keys city of Marathon.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of pipes
Noun
  • There is a chorus of 14, singing sheep and a pair of dogs (hilariously portrayed by Catriona Hewitson and Edward Jowle), whose barks become words that Theresa understands as she becomes strung out.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Incense usually comes in either cone or stick form and is composed of fragrant material — usually resins, seeds, barks and flowers — that’s bound together using a combustible material.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
Definition of barks
Verb
  • Very few top teams play with two up front, but one side at least pips them — with reigning champions Argentina usually deploying Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez as a duo.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 15 June 2026
  • This is basically the company’s quick battery swapping system, which pips the Stark Varg EX’s plug-only capability.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 May 2026
Definition of pips
Noun
  • On the southern end of the loop, check out the interactive Bison Center to feel hides, hear the creatures’ varied grunts and bleats, and learn about the park’s efforts to sustainably maintain the herd.
    — Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Most fights consist of dealing with waves of basic grunts with the occasional bruiser or shooter thrown in to keep you on edge.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026
Definition of grunts

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