Meaning of chirk up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To make more cheerful; to cause to perk up.
   idiomatic, transitive
2. To become more cheerful; to perk up or become animated or enthusiastic.
   idiomatic, intransitive

Examples

“"Well, I think," said Mis' Jane Moran, "that we've hit on the only way we could have hit on to chirk each other up over a hard time."”

“My idea was to chirk him up at the start.”

“"Go ahead," he says, and I see Jim chirk up to listen.”

“Now you jest wipe your eyes and chirk up.”

“She was terrified but in control. n. How, on the trip around the country my parents took the year after my birth, their mood sank so low that even my brother sensed it. "Chirk up, guys," he said. "Chirk up." They laughed at that.”

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