Word.ws English Dictionary

chirpy as a cricket

chirpy as a cricket adjective: very chirpy; full of energy; very energetic.

Adjective

as chirpy as a cricket

  1. (simile) Very chirpy; full of energy; very energetic.

Origin of chirpy as a cricket

A pun based on the two meanings of the word chirpy.

Questions about chirpy as a cricket

What does chirpy as a cricket mean?
Chirpy as a cricket means very chirpy; full of energy; very energetic.
What part of speech is chirpy as a cricket?
Chirpy as a cricket is an adjective.

Words near chirpy as a cricket in the dictionary

  1. chirpsed
  2. chirpses
  3. chirpsing
  4. chirpt
  5. chirpy
  6. chirpy as a cricket
  7. Chirpăr
  8. chirr
  9. chirre
  10. chirred
  11. chirren

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chirpy as a cricket (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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-au-chirpy as a cricket.ogg.

Cite this entry: “chirpy as a cricket.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/chirpy_as_a_cricket. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.