Associations to the word «Chirp»

Wiktionary

CHIRP, noun. A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
CHIRP, noun. (radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse.
CHIRP, verb. (intransitive) to make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets
CHIRP, verb. (intransitive) to speak in a high-pitched staccato

Dictionary definition

CHIRP, noun. A sharp sound made by small birds or insects.
CHIRP, verb. Make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes".
CHIRP, verb. Sing in modulation.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats