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twirp

twirp interjection: an imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn. Also the alternative spelling of twerp.

Interjection

  1. An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn.
    • The hounds are impatient. "Twirp, twirp, twirp!" goes the horn, and "Crack, crack, crack!" responds the whip. It is a chorus that stirs the blood of the veteran as well as that of the uninitiated fox-hunter.1898, Metropolitan: Volume 7, page 520
    • The first guy climbed up a tree and the farmer yelled, "Who is in my tree?" "Twirp, twirp," replied the first guy. […] "Meow," replied the second guy.1996 August, Garrett Barbuto, Boys' Life, page 54

Also used as

twirp is also the alternative spelling of twerp.

Forms of twirp

pluraltwirps

Origin of twirp

Onomatopoeia, like chirp.

Unknown, possibly derived from the onomatopoeia. See twerp.

Words that rhyme with twirp

Questions about twirp

What does twirp mean?
Twirp means an imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn.
What part of speech is twirp?
Twirp is an interjection.

Words near twirp in the dictionary

  1. twirlings
  2. twirls
  3. twirls one's moustache
  4. twirls one's thumbs
  5. twirly
  6. twirp
  7. twirps
  8. twirties
  9. twiscar
  10. twiscars
  11. twise

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