Chirp

Quick meaning: Chirp is a noun meaning A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.

Meaning

A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets; to chitter; to twitter.
2. (intransitive) To speak in a high-pitched staccato.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To cheer up; to make (someone) happier.
4. (Canada) To speak rapid insulting comical banter back and forth; to bicker or argue.
5. (UK, slang, obsolete) To inform on someone; snitch.
6. (radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse; the quality of having a such a variation in frequency.
7. (transitive, radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) To modify (a pulse of signal) so that it sweeps through a band of frequencies throughout its duration.

Example Sentences

The long fiber lengths required to linearize the chirp can then be used […]

"Well, I suppose you didn't come out of the egg either before you could chirp," said the woman who was on the egg.

Word Forms

• chirps
• chirping
• chirped

Synonyms for chirp

Depending on context, synonyms include chirrup, tweedle, cheep, twirp.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chirrup, cheep, twirp, tweedle, tweet, peep.

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