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chirking

chirking is the present participle and gerund of chirk.

Meaning of chirk

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.

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Phrases with chirking

Questions about chirking

What is chirking the present participle and gerund of?
Chirking is the present participle and gerund of chirk.

Words near chirking in the dictionary

  1. chirked up
  2. chirker
  3. chirkest
  4. chirkier
  5. chirkiest
  6. chirking
  7. chirking up
  8. chirks
  9. chirks up
  10. chirky
  11. chirl

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chirking (page history and authors); chirk (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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