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Definition of Chirping
1. a. Cheering; enlivening.
Definition of Chirping
1. Verb. (present participle of chirp) ¹
2. Noun. (context: gerund of chirp) An instance of chirping ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chirping
1. chirp [v] - See also: chirp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chirping
Literary usage of Chirping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... which, by their perpetual chirping and calling, quickly bring down the coveys
that are within hearing, and thereby decoy great numbers of them. ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"... we hear the Cicada chirping all on our crutch, at the close of our Turn we
now to the Anthology, imaginable, that we may caper sway through Jacobs. ..."
3. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers (1853)
"... wakes in hollow tree The drowsy cuckoo, and the humble bee ; Now do a choir
of chirping minstrels bring In triumph to the world the youthful spring. ..."
4. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"In chirping bill the little songster brings The food untasted; transport thrills
his breast; 'Tis nature's touch; 'tis instinct's heav'n-like feast. ..."
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