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chirp
What does chirp mean?
chirp (verb): to make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets; to chitter; to twitter.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use chirp in a sentence?
- The birds were chirping in the bushes. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce chirp?
/tʃɝp/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
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What does “chirp” mean?
to relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty
Not quite: that's what abdicate means.
to make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in
Not quite: that's what govern means.
to make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets; to chitter; to twitter
Right! That's what “chirp” means.
to bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch
Not quite: that's what stoop means.
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