Definition of Chirr

1. Verb. Make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas.

Generic synonyms: Emit, Let Loose, Let Out, Utter

Definition of Chirr

1. Verb. (intransitive) To make a prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada). ¹

2. Noun. The trilled sound made by an insect. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chirr

1. to make a harsh, vibrant sound [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chirr

chirpier
chirpies
chirpiest
chirpily
chirpiness
chirping
chirping chips
chirpingly
chirpings
chirplet
chirplets
chirps
chirpt
chirpy
chirpy as a cricket
chirr (current term)
chirre
chirred
chirren
chirres
chirring
chirrs
chirrup
chirruped
chirruping
chirrups
chirrupy
chirt
chirted
chirting

Literary usage of Chirr

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"The call note is a "chirr, chirr" and they also utter a rolling "ker-ruk, ker-rrr-uk". Genus COLAPTES Swainson. 412a. Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs. ..."

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