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Recent Examples of chirp
Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
Constantly chirping about what will eventually happen will soon fall on deaf ears and the fans will tune out, turned off by another disappointing season.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 27 Nov. 2025
Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
The watch flashes a seven, an insistent chirp accompanying the number.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 22 July 2025
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Verb
The heated incident happened at a moment when defensive tackle Maliek Collins went down with an injury, and San Francisco's Jennings began chirping at Browns players.
—Noun
Traffic caused a low hum alongside the chirp of a bird or the chitter of cicadas.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirp
Verb
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While you’re holed up in your new lodgings, enjoy a blissful soak under the rainfall showerhead or take in the view from the glass wall in the bedroom that offers an unobscured view during leaf-peeping season and beyond.—
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The drive is a major leaf-peeping favorite every autumn, taking travelers through Virginia and North Carolina, connecting Shenandoah National Park with Great Smoky Mountains National Park.—
Noun
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However, after 40 minutes, the pilot turned back to Birmingham after issuing the 7700 squawk emergency code over the French coast, Daily Express reported.—
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There are times when squawk is not used to communicate aircraft information, like during military operations.—
Verb
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Musk tweeted last week about pursuing the same ambition, saying his company already has a foundation in Starlink, the satellite internet constellation.—
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Saturday’s loss led the state’s governor to tweet that LSU should rethink that.—
Noun
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This not-quite-title song, which is nearly eight minutes long, is a sort of mini-suite, opening with a dog barking, giving way to an acoustic-guitar melody accompanying polyphonic vocals, then becoming electric and crashingly alive, until the relentless screech of a guitar drags you to the end.—
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As the band blares, Georgia fans bark for the Dawgs and Alabama faithful screech Roll Tide.—
Noun
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For the record, actor Henry Travers pronounces the word library in a desperate squeal.—
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The duo jumped and screamed in celebration, with their dogs joining the fun with a few barks and squeals.—
Verb
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This Amazon lookalike comes with pants and a button-down shirt with piping along the hems to offer comfort, warmth, and style all in one.—
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If that’s not enough, make some chocolate ganache and pipe it onto the bread pudding.—
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With Christian Braun out these next few weeks, the Nuggets (10-3) could use every squeak.—
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Researchers used thermal imaging, ultrasonic microphones, and AI models to parse countless hours of footage and isolate rat squeaks.—
Verb
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The group set out in the park to investigate chittering sounds that turned out to be a couple of white-breasted nut hatches.—
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Evening had fallen, and bats chittered in the sky outside.—
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“Chirp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chirp. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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