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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)

  1. (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
  2. (transitive) To express by chirping.
    • The crickets chirruped their song.
  3. (transitive) To quicken or animate by chirping.
    • to chirrup a horse

See all 5 meanings of chirrup

Questions about chirruped

What is chirruped the simple past and past participle of?
Chirruped is the simple past and past participle of chirrup.

Words near chirruped in the dictionary

  1. chirring
  2. chirrings
  3. Chirrip
  4. chirrs
  5. chirrup
  6. chirruped
  7. chirruper
  8. chirrupers
  9. chirruping
  10. chirrupings
  11. chirrups

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