chirruped
chirruped is the simple past and past participle of chirrup.
Meaning of chirrup
Verb
chirrup (third-person singular simple present chirrups, present participle chirruping, simple past and past participle chirruped)
- 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
- To express by chirping.
- The crickets chirruped their song.
- To quicken or animate by chirping.
- to chirrup a horse
Questions about chirruped
- What is chirruped the simple past and past participle of?
- Chirruped is the simple past and past participle of chirrup.
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