Meaning of Chirrup | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A series of chirps, clicks or clucks.
2. A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement.
   derogatory, figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“1845 Charles Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth, Chirp the First, And here, if you like, the Cricket DID chime in! with a Chirrup, Chirrup, Chirrup of such magnitude, by way of chorus […]”

“[…] the music flashed by in delirious chirrups and stampings.”

“For an hour or more that evening I listened to his monotonous chirrup about bad money driving out good, the token value of silver, the depreciation of the rupee, and the true standards of exchange.”

““[…]Children, say ‘thank you’ to Mrs. Samuel Josephs.” Two subdued chirrups: “Thank you, Mrs. Samuel Josephs.””

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