Chirruped
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chirruped — chir·rup || tʃɪrÉ™p n. chirping sound v. make a chirping sound, make birdlike sounds, twitter … English contemporary dictionary
chirrup — chirrupper, n. /chear euhp, cherr /, v., chirruped, chirruping, n. v.i. 1. to chirp: robins chirruping on the lawn. 2. to make a similar sound: She chirruped softly to encourage the horse. v.t. 3. to utter with chirps. 4. to make a chirping sound … Universalium
chirrup — [[t]tʃɪ̱rəp, AM tʃɜ͟ːrəp[/t]] chirrups, chirruping, chirruped VERB If a person or bird chirrups, they make short high pitched sounds. [V with quote] My gosh, she chirruped... I woke up to the sound of larks chirruping. [Also V n] Syn: chirp … English dictionary
chirp — vb Chirp, chirrup, cheep, peep, tweet, twitter, chitter can all mean as verbs to make the little sounds character istic of small animals and as nouns the little sounds so made, and all can be extended to sounds and the making of sounds (as by… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Chirrup — Chir rup, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chirruped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chirruping}.] [See {Chirp}.] To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chirruping — Chirrup Chir rup, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chirruped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chirruping}.] [See {Chirp}.] To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
GPO telephones — The United Kingdom s General Post Office (GPO) had a number of telephones that were provided by them for connection to their exchanges. Until 1982 the GPO had a monopoly on the provision of all telephones within the UK and so the range was… … Wikipedia
chirrup — verb (chirrups, chirruping, chirruped) (of a small bird) make repeated short high pitched sounds. noun a chirruping sound. Derivatives chirrupy adjective Origin C16: alt. of chirp … English new terms dictionary
chirrup — [c]/ˈtʃɪrəp / (say chiruhp) verb (chirruped, chirruping) –verb (i) 1. to chirp. 2. to make a chirping sound, as to a pet bird or a horse. –verb (t) 3. to utter with chirps. –noun 4. the act or sound of chirruping. {variant of chirp} –chirruper,… …
doubling of final consonants in inflection — The table below explains the differing practice in English shown by the forms hotter, enrolled, offered, targeted, in which the root word (hot, enrol, offer, target) ends in a single consonant. Practice can also differ with the same word in BrE… … Modern English usage
