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# chirrup

verb (chirrup, chirrups, chirruped, chirruping); noun (a chirrup, chirrups)

«chirrup» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To chirrup is to make a series of short, high sounds, like a bird or an insect; to chirp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chirrup/#m1)
2. A person chirrups when they talk in a bright, cheerful, high voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chirrup/#m2)
3. (noun) A chirrup is such a sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chirrup/#m3)

### In the lessons

In nature, sparrows chirrup and crickets chirrup on summer nights. In stories, a cheerful character «chirruped happily». In The Wind in the Willows the birds and the field mice chirrup by the river.

### Examples

- The sparrows chirruped in the hedge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chirrup/#x1)
- We heard the chirrup of crickets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chirrup/#x2)
- «Good morning!» she chirruped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chirrup/#x3)
- The baby bird chirruped for food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chirrup/#x4)
- The grasshoppers chirruped in the long grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chirrup/#x5)
- A robin chirruped on the fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chirrup/#x6)
- Then the twins crumbled their bread on the ground, and the wrens pecked it, and chirruped and chirped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chirrup/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: chirruped, chirruping (one p is usual). Similar: chirp, cheep, twitter.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chirrup» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chirrup/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chirrup» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chirrup.html) on Mova free.