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CHIRRUP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A series of chirps

Synonyms:

chirrup; twitter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("chirrup" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Derivation:

chirrup (make high-pitched sounds)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make high-pitched sounds

Example:

the birds were chirping in the bushes

Synonyms:

cheep; chirp; chirrup; peep

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "chirrup" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chirrup"):

chitter; twitter (make high-pitched sounds, as of birds)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

chirrup (a series of chirps)

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