chirping

Verb

chirp (third-person singular simple present chirps, present participle chirping, simple past and past participle chirped)

1. (intransitive) To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets; to chitter; to twitter.
   • "Well, I suppose you didn't come out of the egg either before you could chirp," said the woman who was on the egg.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 95
2. (intransitive) To speak in a high-pitched staccato.
3. (transitive, radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) To modify (a pulse of signal) so that it sweeps through a band of frequencies throughout its duration.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To cheer up; to make (someone) happier.
5. (Canada) To speak rapid insulting comical banter back and forth; to bicker or argue.
6. (UK, obsolete, slang) To inform on someone; snitch.

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