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chirked up

chirked up is the simple past and past participle of chirk up.

Meaning of chirk up

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To make more cheerful; to cause to perk up.
    • "Well, I think," said Mis' Jane Moran, "that we've hit on the only way we could have hit on to chirk each other up over a hard time."1912, Zona Gale, Christmas
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To become more cheerful; to perk up or become animated or enthusiastic.
    • "Go ahead," he says, and I see Jim chirk up to listen.1894, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), Tom Sawyer Abroad

Questions about chirked up

What is chirked up the simple past and past participle of?
Chirked up is the simple past and past participle of chirk up.

Words near chirked up in the dictionary

  1. Chiriqui
  2. Chiriquí
  3. chirk
  4. chirk up
  5. chirked
  6. chirked up
  7. chirker
  8. chirkest
  9. chirkier
  10. chirkiest
  11. chirking

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