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Recent Examples of chirp
Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
The little truck can launch off the line after chirping all four tires, but also cruises comfortably thanks to smooth transmission shift points that keep the engine at a low, loping idle.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Gabrielle Nicole Pharms, Travel + Leisure, 1 Jan. 2025
Tuning into Scottie Scheffler this season felt like a bird-watching expedition on overdrive—his tour-leading 4.88 birdies per round featured more chirps per hour than an Audobon Trail.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Verb
As the eye passed over Sarasota, providing a brief, eerie stillness on the ground—birds singing, crickets chirping—the wind and rain in Tampa, on the north side of the storm, grew violent.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
The little truck can launch off the line after chirping all four tires, but also cruises comfortably thanks to smooth transmission shift points that keep the engine at a low, loping idle.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Noun
Nature greeted me with the best welcome soundtrack: waves of silence bedecked with soft trickles from a nearby creek, the cheerful chirps from birds, and leaves rustled by a gentle breeze.
—Gabrielle Nicole Pharms, Travel + Leisure, 1 Jan. 2025
Tuning into Scottie Scheffler this season felt like a bird-watching expedition on overdrive—his tour-leading 4.88 birdies per round featured more chirps per hour than an Audobon Trail.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirp
Verb
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The sun's peeping out, and the budding journalists skedaddle outside, where their friends are just arriving.—
Lauren Migaki,
NPR,
22 Feb. 2025
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While their wonderful selection of cashmere is an open secret (peep just about any of our holiday guides), their alpaca blend knits are a sleeper hit.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
2 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The Republican conference is rife with sticking points as budget hawks squawk and some House Republicans insist on increasing the state and local tax deduction.—
Taylor Giorno,
The Hill,
30 Dec. 2024
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There’s no dialogue, at least none decipherable to human ears — everything is a symphony of meows, woofs, squawks, grunts, squeaks, squeals and simian cries.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Veteran Capitol Hill reporter Jamie Dupree later tweeted that Green’s ejection was the first for a member of Congress that Dupree had seen covering presidential speeches on Capitol Hill since 1987.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2025
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Stephen King knows all about that, which is my cue to say, Stephen King tweeted that this was the best film he's seen this year.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The jungle struck up its evening symphony: the sweet chittering of insects, the distant bellowing of monkeys, the occasional screech of a kite.—
Charlie Cordero,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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But as the race against former President Trump screeches into its final week, joy has taken the back seat.—
David Lauter,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Her squeals and giggles echoed across the playground while other kids played soccer or spun on a tire swing.—
Emily Schwing,
ProPublica,
4 Mar. 2025
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The sleepless nights will end, but so too will the times Evan squeals at a game of peekaboo, or spends an entire swim class gazing up at me in awe.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Westfalia Americas Helping to manage those gas and electric systems and appliances, along with the plumbing system piped to the 145-L fresh water tank, the innovative Firefly touchscreen offers seamless, smart home-grade control from a single central screen.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Mar. 2025
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With ocean views, this open-air Italian restaurant serves piping hot pizzas and calzones from the oven.—
Katie Lockhart,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Mice typically produce pulses of ultrasonic squeaks that resemble syllables in human language.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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But dolphins have complex dialects in the form of crackles, squeaks and whistles.—
Leticia Fanucchi,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In early 2020, Daniel Bachman stood at the edge of a creek in Falmouth, Virginia, recording the sounds of the insects chittering and buzzing around him.—
Brendan Fitzgerald,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Dec. 2024
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Where birds and frogs and rodents once chirped and croaked and chittered, the forest is silent, save for the sounds of passing cars.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2024
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“Chirp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chirp. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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