Meaning of ціўкаць | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to chirp, to twitter (to make short, sharp, high-pitched sounds like those of small birds)
2. to zing (to produce brief, high-pitched hums, similar to the sound of bullets whizzing by)

Examples

“Somewhere down in the woods below a bird was trying over in a husky, reedy voice the first few notes of his spring song. It was no more than a shadow of the liquid, tumbling call he would be pouring later, but Bagheera heard it.”

In the woods, some bird was trying over in a husky, reedy voice the first notes of its spring song. Even though this chirping was still only a faint hint of the full-voice song that this very bird would sing later, Bagheera still heard it.

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