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chirk

chirk verb: to become happier.

Verb

chirk (third-person singular simple present chirks, present participle chirking, simple past and past participle chirked)

  1. (especially, intransitive) To become happier.
  2. (especially, transitive) To make happier.
  3. To make the sound of a bird; to chirp.

Adjective

chirk (comparative chirker or more chirk, superlative chirkest or most chirk)

  1. (New-England, US, colloquial) lively; cheerful; in good spirits

Proper noun capitalized: Chirk

Chirk

  1. A small town and community with a town council in Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2937).

Forms of chirk

Verb
third-person singular presentchirks
present participlechirking
past participlechirked
pastchirked
Adjective
comparativechirker
comparativemore chirk
superlativechirkest
superlativemost chirk

Origin of chirk

From Middle English chirken, cherken, charken, from Old English ċearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to make a sound, crack”). Doublet of chark. Related also to crake, crack.

Phrases with chirk

Questions about chirk

What does chirk mean?
Chirk means to become happier.
What part of speech is chirk?
Chirk can be a verb, an adjective or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of chirk?
The past tense of chirk is chirked.

Words near chirk in the dictionary

  1. chirinabe
  2. Chirino
  3. Chirinos
  4. Chiriqui
  5. Chiriquí
  6. chirk
  7. chirk up
  8. chirked
  9. chirked up
  10. chirker
  11. chirkest

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