chirrup

/ˈt͡ʃɪɹəp/

chirrup verb: to make a series of chirps, clicks, or clucks.

Verb

chirrup (third-person singular simple present chirrups, present participle chirruping, simple past and past participle chirruped)

(intransitive) To make a series of chirps, clicks, or clucks.
- When other folks' squirrels are at home and asleep, yourn keep in motion among the trees and chirrup and sing, in a way that even a Delaware gal can understand their music!1841, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 17, in The Deerslayer: Or, the First War-path
- Face Eater Cat is a very happy, healthy animal who's found her forever home, and she chirrups along when serenaded with eighties hits. It's a match made in heaven.2022 July 23, “A She-Cat Tamed By The Purr Of Her Humans”, in Not Always Right, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2022
(transitive) To express by chirping.
- The crickets chirruped their song.
- 'Busy, Max?' chirruped the familiar voice of his friend the inquiry agent—incurably brisk and debonair even after its ten miles' journey along the wire.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
(transitive) To quicken or animate by chirping.
- to chirrup a horse

chirrup (plural chirrups)

A series of chirps, clicks or clucks.
- And here, if you like, the Cricket DID chime in! with a Chirrup, Chirrup, Chirrup of such magnitude, by way of chorus […]1845 Charles Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth, Chirp the First
- […] the music flashed by in delirious chirrups and stampings.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 9, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN
(derogatory, figuratively) A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement.
- For an hour or more that evening I listened to his monotonous chirrup about bad money driving out good, the token value of silver, the depreciation of the rupee, and the true standards of exchange.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
- “[…]Children, say ‘thank you’ to Mrs. Samuel Josephs.” Two subdued chirrups: “Thank you, Mrs. Samuel Josephs.”1918 June, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Prelude”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 2

ചല പല ശബ്ദിക്കുക, ഉത്സാഹിപ്പിക്കുക

Verb
third-person singular present	chirrups
present participle	chirruping
past participle	chirruped
past	chirruped
Noun
plural	chirrups

Variant of chirp.

What does chirrup mean?: Chirrup means to make a series of chirps, clicks, or clucks.
What is chirrup in Malayalam?: Chirrup in Malayalam is ചല പല ശബ്ദിക്കുക, ഉത്സാഹിപ്പിക്കുക. See Chirrup meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is chirrup?: Chirrup can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce chirrup?: Chirrup is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɪɹəp/.
What is the past tense of chirrup?: The past tense of chirrup is chirruped.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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