chirpse

chirpse verb: to flirt with; to chat up.

Verb

chirpse (third-person singular simple present chirpses, present participle chirpsing, simple past and past participle chirpsed)

(Multicultural-London-English, slang, transitive) To flirt with; to chat up.
- Anthony could only laugh as he watched Jayden get into his now familiar chirpse mode and watched as he slid over to the end of the bar, where his next conquest was sitting.2004, Enakhe O, Who Is My Brother's Keeper?, page 115
- You know that it ain't allowed and, besides, if I ever catch a guy trying to mess with you, I'll kill him, OK? No man's gonna be chirpsing my sister cos all of them got sick, dirty minds.2009, Na'ima B. Robert, From Somalia with Love, page 111

The main reason he felt he had to make it clear to Errol that he wanted her was that she was the one who'd seen them on the bus and she would be the easiest to chirpse.2009, Diana Evans, 26a, page 113:
The only problem was, I didn't like the grime and the grease and I was always paranoid about that garage smell when I chilled in the evenings and chirpsed chicks.2011, Alex Wheatle, The Dirty South, page 32:

third-person singular present	chirpses
present participle	chirpsing
past participle	chirpsed
past	chirpsed

Possibly related to chirp?

What does chirpse mean?: Chirpse means to flirt with; to chat up.
How do you use chirpse in a sentence?: The main reason he felt he had to make it clear to Errol that he wanted her was that she was the one who'd seen them on the bus and she would be the easiest to chirpse.
What part of speech is chirpse?: Chirpse is a verb.
What is the past tense of chirpse?: The past tense of chirpse is chirpsed.

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