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Recent Examples of chirp
Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024
For nearly an hour, there were no sounds—no laughs, no cricket chirps, no ticking of a clock.
—Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Peter Nelson, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
The chirp of car lockings seems to ruffle some feathers.
—Axios Portland, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Because, really, who doesn't love digging into a favorite dish while feeling the breeze against their cheek, the birds chirping, and the grass under their toes?
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024
For nearly an hour, there were no sounds—no laughs, no cricket chirps, no ticking of a clock.
—Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Noun
Coming off the clutch in between shifts lets out a nice chirp from the rear tires, and while the flat-four may sound a bit gravelly at idle, its tone turns to a fierce, baritone bark from the midrange until its 7,000 RPM redline.
—Peter Nelson, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
The chirp of car lockings seems to ruffle some feathers.
—Axios Portland, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirp
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Plus, clients love peeping the foliage behind her during video appointments.Angela Haupt, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
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Since the show premiered, Mekki Leeper, who plays Matt, has been peeping the show’s reception on social media.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Nov. 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
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Flocks of sparrows and parrots chirp and squawk in the palms overhead.Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024
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China was a major economic growth area for the NBA, but the relationship was fractured five years ago when then-Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted an image supporting protests in Hong Kong.Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Ian Wright tweeted the word ‘Leno’ with several clapping emojis.Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024
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With the screech of an electric guitar, Puddin leaned her head back, stomping her foot to the beat of the drums.Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 10 June 2024
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For two decades, the most frightening sound in the north was the screech of brakes preceding a bomb being thrown through the doors of a dance hall or pub.Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Barrymore squeals in disgust after reaching into her pocket and pulling out a sandwich.Shyla Watson, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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At the corner of St. Peter and Royal Streets, a tuba begins its rumbling and a trombone squeals; the instruments sparkle in the sunlight, glinting gold amid a gathering crowd.Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2024
Verb
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For people who didn’t attend these events, Hitler’s frenzied emotional appeals were piped directly into living rooms through cheap radio sets.Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 29 Nov. 2024
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Layer leaves as desired and pipe additional frosting on backs of leaves as needed.Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
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And on Thursday night, Ken Carter was one of about two dozen people inside a basketball gym, where the only signs a game was taking place were the squeaks of sneakers and four buzzers to signal the end of each quarter.Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 13 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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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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Much of the internet chittering around TTPD has been over which songs are about Healy vs. which are about Taylor Swift’s other recent ex, Joe Alwyn.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024
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“Chirp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chirp. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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