chirped 1 of 2

adjective

as in shouted

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verb

past tense of chirp
as in chirruped
to make a short sharp sound like a small bird the sparrows were chirping up a storm in the backyard

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Recent Examples of chirped
Verb
But then, from the safe house, the radio chirped. — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026 Other small birds chirped and tweeted across the sky. — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026 The birds chirped a little bit louder. — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 7 June 2026 Sometimes crickets chirped in my head. — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026 Birds chirped and neighbors emerged from hibernation, exchanging greetings after months indoors. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026 On a recent morning, birds chirped and hopped from tree to tree under a clear blue morning sky as a man in a respirator and protective earmuffs worked on what remained of Vazquez’s property, which was fenced off from the street. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026 Canes forward Nic Deslauriers then chirped at Kleven, threatening to go at him in the game, only to be pulled away by Senators defenseman Dennis Gilbert. — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026 About 40 minutes away, real birds melodiously chirped and trilled outside its sister hotel, Es Figueral Nou, an 18th-century finca and former fig plantation set among vast agricultural fields. — Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirped
  1. shouted
  2. peeped
  3. muttered
  4. tweeted
  5. whispered
  6. trilled
  7. murmured
  8. piped
Adjective
  • This blend of styles is not only about presenting contrasts—clean versus shouted vocals, melodic versus dissonant riffs, headbanging versus moshing—but also preserving the murky in-between that only elevates the extreme.
    — Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 7 Jan. 2026
Definition of shouted
Verb
  • Subway cars erupted in cheers as fans peeped the winning shot on their cellphones, their feeds interrupted at times by spotty underground reception.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 June 2026
  • And Genevieve peeped it out where the first couple days, everybody left their bag in the same area.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of peeped
Adjective
  • Often made by anonymous rappers and producers with a monkish dedication to their craft, this isn’t rap for the live show but for the headphones, music where every muttered word and barely-there snare matters.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
Definition of muttered
Verb
  • Between September and October 2023, Bongino tweeted about Atkin on at least seven separate occasions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026
  • Freedom 250’s post, tweeted just a little more than an hour and a half before Vanilla Ice’s concert was set to begin, did not actually mention the performer by name.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 June 2026
Definition of tweeted
Adjective
  • For many leaders, the phrase conjures up whispered alliances, opportunistic loyalty, self-interested maneuvering and the slow poisoning of organizational culture.
    — Harrison Monarth, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Definition of whispered
Verb
  • Femme tunes trilled in the background.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
  • About 40 minutes away, real birds melodiously chirped and trilled outside its sister hotel, Es Figueral Nou, an 18th-century finca and former fig plantation set among vast agricultural fields.
    — Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Definition of trilled
Adjective
  • No photograph could catch the smell drifting from the nearby military barracks and Indian camps; capture the murmured swirl of French, English, Arapaho, and Lakota; or let a viewer feel the colliding anxieties and expectations that hung heavy over negotiations like this.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Definition of murmured
Verb
  • For those looking for simple car camping (beginner) Each of these campgrounds are in Angeles National Forest, offer piped water and vault toilets, and have sites with picnic tables, parking spots and campfire rings.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • The Freedom Ring Doughnut, an Original Glazed doughnut dipped in white icing, blue sprinkles and white stars, piped with red icing stripes.
    — Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of piped

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