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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
C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
People chatter, kids laugh, seagulls screech and birds chirp.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 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
Jones is chirping at the Lions offensive line; Brooks came over to grab Jones and settle him down.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
People chatter, kids laugh, seagulls screech and birds chirp.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirp
Verb
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In the fall, the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway offers one of the Southeast’s most charming front-row seats to leaf-peeping season.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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Leaf-peeping season is about to begin!—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This caused crews to declare an emergency squawk 7700 — an international distress code.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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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
Verb
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Reposting stories or tweeting a shocking statistic is not a substitute for real, grassroots action that brings about change.—
Padma Balaji,
Mercury News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Shortly before the shooting, Kirk tweeted about the event.—
Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Once upon a time the screech of the dial-up sound signaled our entry into a new realm in the form of the Internet.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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People chatter, kids laugh, seagulls screech and birds chirp.—
Zareen Syed,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Instead of chocolate or a throwaway trinket, this calendar delivers 25 days of genuine squeal-worthy surprises.—
Katie Ann Lehman,
StyleCaster,
9 Sep. 2025
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Korean pop star Cha Eun-woo draws squeals from the crowd of fans gathered out front, while security ushers Lacy through a small throng of civilians on the side of the building, up to where he’s supposed to have his photo taken.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Using a pastry bag, pipe the passion fruit cream in three ribbons lengthwise on each slice.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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One of the most cost-effective ways to throw a wrench in the gears of the surveillance state is by piping your service through a virtual private network, and a new announcement from ExpressVPN makes professional-grade protection more affordable and flexible than ever.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For a while, the only sound in the room was the squeak of a marker on a whiteboard, as Imamura wrote out several potential plot points.—
Matt Alt,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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One of my only criticisms is how the interior is screwed together: more than a few squeaks and rattles came to light over choppy tarmac and mid-corner bumps and undulations.—
Peter Nelson,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 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 17 Sep. 2025.
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