churtle
churtle verb: to chirp.
Verb
churtle (third-person singular simple present churtles, present participle churtling, simple past and past participle churtled)
- To chirp.
- The staff of the Law Notes is amused; even the office cat was observed to wink and his purr sounded suspiciously like a “feline churtle”.1894, Albert Gibson, Robert McLean, editors, Law Notes, volume 13, Reeves & Turner, page 132
- When we went there in the morning, there was, all through the mosque, a sound of chanting like doves churtling.1992, Turkish Reflections: A Biography of a Place, page 104
Forms of churtle
| third-person singular present | churtles |
|---|---|
| present participle | churtling |
| past participle | churtled |
| past | churtled |
Origin of churtle
From chirt + -le.
Questions about churtle
- What does churtle mean?
- Churtle means to chirp.
- What part of speech is churtle?
- Churtle is a verb.
- What is the past tense of churtle?
- The past tense of churtle is churtled.
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