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Recent Examples of chirp
Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 June 2025
Immediately after being traded and added to the team’s group chat, the chirps started flying.
Bennett, who knocked Marchand out of a couple games of the playoffs last year with a controversial hit, was the first victim.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
Chris Branch, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Doug Eddings blew a call in Saturday's game between the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs that led to chirping from the Cubs dugout.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
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Verb
Similarly to smoke detectors, a carbon monoxide detector will produce a quiet chirp when the battery is low.
—Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 June 2025
Immediately after being traded and added to the team’s group chat, the chirps started flying.
Bennett, who knocked Marchand out of a couple games of the playoffs last year with a controversial hit, was the first victim.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
Noun
Fever, Sun and some spicy beef Caitlin Clark, darling of the WNBA, is not afraid of chirping back.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Doug Eddings blew a call in Saturday's game between the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs that led to chirping from the Cubs dugout.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirp
Verb
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Read our market editor’s shortlist of favorites here or peep some highlights below.—
Rachel Fletcher,
Architectural Digest,
11 July 2025
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Now and then one of us would rise and peep over the grass to see if any fowl were approaching.—
Nash Buckingham,
Outdoor Life,
19 June 2025
Noun
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The animals use complex clicks, squawks and whistles to call out to each other, fight and attract a mate.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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The show is thrilling as a sensory experience, humming with sinister percussive beats and the occasional muffled animal squawk in the distance.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Musk today tweeted that xAI aims for compute power that's on par with 50 million Nvidia H100 GPUs, the enterprise-grade graphics chip widely used for AI training and running chatbots.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
22 July 2025
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During the 2024 presidential election, for instance, conservatives criticized Kamala Harris for tweeting support in 2020 for the Minnesota Freedom Fund.—
Meg Anderson,
NPR,
21 July 2025
Noun
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Cicadas are back at it again in 2025, already emerging in droves to announce the approach of summer with their screeches.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
30 May 2025
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The screech of an infected is the first sign of trouble.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Stepping out, even for a quick chore, means being subjected to incessant honking, the frequent whir and squeal of subway engines, and a lot of chatter.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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When the spotlight hit vocalist Noah Sebastian, a decidedly un-metal chorus of teenage squeals filled the air.—
Cal Roach,
jsonline.com,
5 July 2025
Verb
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Locals cheered and swayed, heartily piping out call-and-response prompts a la Queen.—
Ramon Ramirez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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And to add a nice ambience, music is piped in over speakers.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
Noun
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Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, did the dolphin squeaks and whistles.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
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The footage shows the beautiful black cat not with a typical meow, but with a series of gentle squeaks.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
Verb
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Evening had fallen, and bats chittered in the sky outside.—
Pete McKenzie,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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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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“Chirp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chirp. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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