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Twirp

intj, noun

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn.

    "The hounds are impatient. "Twirp, twirp, twirp!" goes the horn, and "Crack, crack, crack!" responds the whip. It is a chorus that stirs the blood of the veteran as well as that of the uninitiated fox-hunter."

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of twerp. alt-of, alternative

    "Don't be such a twirp. I'll be back in twenty minutes. Watch the clock! Time me! I'm going to take the bus."

  2. 2
    someone who is regarded as contemptible wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    make a weak, chirping sound wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeia, like chirp.

Etymology 2

Unknown, possibly derived from the onomatopoeia. See twerp.

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