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Recent Examples of chirp
Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2024
The birds chirped and a light breeze came through, cooling us off.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2024
Mike Dojc, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Image: Kidde The alarms connect to the Ring app and, as well as sending alerts when triggered, will notify you about a low battery to help avoid those 2AM chirps.
—Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Westbrook stomped past the Detroit bench, chirping with the enemy and egging on the crowd.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2024
The birds chirped and a light breeze came through, cooling us off.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2024
Noun
Tuning into Scottie Scheffler this season felt like a bird-watching expedition on overdrive—his tour-leading 4.88 birdies per round featured more chirps per hour than an Audobon Trail.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Image: Kidde The alarms connect to the Ring app and, as well as sending alerts when triggered, will notify you about a low battery to help avoid those 2AM chirps.
—Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirp
Verb
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Bezos’ fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, wore a white suit with a lacy corset bra noticeably peeping out from underneath her jacket, a racy touch that clashed with the solemnity of the event.—
Ingrid Schmidt,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Jan. 2025
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But teammates have peeped how Buzelis doesn’t hesitate to spend extra time studying.—
Darnell Mayberry,
The Athletic,
24 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The Republican conference is rife with sticking points as budget hawks squawk and some House Republicans insist on increasing the state and local tax deduction.—
Taylor Giorno,
The Hill,
30 Dec. 2024
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There’s no dialogue, at least none decipherable to human ears — everything is a symphony of meows, woofs, squawks, grunts, squeaks, squeals and simian cries.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Nov. 2024
Verb
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And in fact, Elon Musk continues every way -- every day to tweet a list out, essentially of what's next.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Feb. 2025
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On December 1, the same day West appeared on Alex Jones to tout Hitler, Billboard tweeted — then quickly deleted — an announcement that Kanye West was the year’s top-selling gospel artist.—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The jungle struck up its evening symphony: the sweet chittering of insects, the distant bellowing of monkeys, the occasional screech of a kite.—
Charlie Cordero,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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But as the race against former President Trump screeches into its final week, joy has taken the back seat.—
David Lauter,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Oct. 2024
Noun
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But their therapy session is deliberately drowned out by the squeals of a nameless naked couple romping in the back.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2025
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The associate principal clarinetist, Ben Adler, led the opening upward squeal with exultant sassiness, setting the tone for a high-spirited romp that brought grins to the faces of many onstage.—
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Sundance Film Festival has long established itself as the most important showcase for American independent cinema, piping out work from bold new filmmakers into a fickle, yet potentially receptive, movie-loving world.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Transfer mixture to a pastry bag and carefully pipe the filling into cooked egg whites.—
Madalyn Mendoza,
Axios,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Loud hums, squeaks, and rattles: While many old dishwashers do emit a loud hum, sometimes this can be caused by a problem with a pump.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
25 Jan. 2025
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However, instead of a traditional meow, the kitten can only manage a tiny squeak.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In early 2020, Daniel Bachman stood at the edge of a creek in Falmouth, Virginia, recording the sounds of the insects chittering and buzzing around him.—
Brendan Fitzgerald,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Dec. 2024
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Where birds and frogs and rodents once chirped and croaked and chittered, the forest is silent, save for the sounds of passing cars.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2024
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“Chirp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chirp. Accessed 24 Feb. 2025.
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