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   Chir·rup

   /ˈCHirəp/

   

   verb

   • 1. (especially of a small bird) make repeated short high-pitched sounds; twitter: "a bird chirruped intermittently outside"
   • ▪ (of a person) say something in a high-pitched voice: "“Yes, Miss Honey,” chirruped eighteen voices"

   noun

   • 1. a short, high-pitched sound: "the chirrups of the crickets"

   Word Origin late 16th century: alteration of chirp, by trilling the -r-.

   Derivatives

   • 1. chirrupy adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

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   • H

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   • I

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   • R

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