Chirr

//t͡ʃɜː// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The trilled sound made by an insect.
Verb
  1. 1
    To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada). intransitive
  2. 2
    make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas wordnet

Synonyms

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belchblareblatbrayburrbuzz

Etymology

Imitative, ca. 1600. More at churr.

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