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Recent Examples of chirp
Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
The little truck can launch off the line after chirping all four tires, but also cruises comfortably thanks to smooth transmission shift points that keep the engine at a low, loping idle.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 14 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
As the eye passed over Sarasota, providing a brief, eerie stillness on the ground—birds singing, crickets chirping—the wind and rain in Tampa, on the north side of the storm, grew violent.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
The little truck can launch off the line after chirping all four tires, but also cruises comfortably thanks to smooth transmission shift points that keep the engine at a low, loping idle.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 14 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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While their wonderful selection of cashmere is an open secret (peep just about any of our holiday guides), their alpaca blend knits are a sleeper hit.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
2 Dec. 2024
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Take one of the rare tours of the defunct Presidents Park just outside of Colonial Williamsburg and peep the broken remains of 42 giant presidential busts.—
Karri Peifer,
Axios,
27 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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Veteran Capitol Hill reporter Jamie Dupree later tweeted that Green’s ejection was the first for a member of Congress that Dupree had seen covering presidential speeches on Capitol Hill since 1987.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2025
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Stephen King knows all about that, which is my cue to say, Stephen King tweeted that this was the best film he's seen this year.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 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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Much like the Zepp Clarity One aids, the Pixie aids feature frequent and random bouts of ear-piercing squeals that are impossible to ignore, even at the bare minimum volume.—
Christopher Null,
WIRED,
14 Feb. 2025
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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
Verb
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The lagoon was last dredged in the winter of 2020-21, when about 300,000 cubic yards of sand were removed and piped onto the beach.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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Its filtration method makes for a strong, balanced, and piping hot cup of coffee.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Mice typically produce pulses of ultrasonic squeaks that resemble syllables in human language.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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But dolphins have complex dialects in the form of crackles, squeaks and whistles.—
Leticia Fanucchi,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 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 10 Mar. 2025.
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