chirp

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a sharp sound made by small birds or insects

   The chirps gave the birds away.

2. 2
   verb

   to make high-pitched sounds

   The birds were chirping in the bushes.

3. 3
   noun

   A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse; the quality of having a such a variation in frequency.

   The long fiber lengths required to linearize the chirp can then be used […]

4. 4
   verb

   To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets; to chitter; to twitter.

   "Well, I suppose you didn't come out of the egg either before you could chirp," said the woman who was on the egg.

5. 5
   verb

   to sing in modulation

6. 6
   noun

   A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.

7. 7
   verb

   To speak in a high-pitched staccato.

8. 8
   verb

   To modify (a pulse of signal) so that it sweeps through a band of frequencies throughout its duration.

Etymology

From Middle English *chirpen (attested only in the derivative Middle English chirpinge, cyrpynge, chyrypynge (“chirping”). Compare Middle English chirken and chirmen. More at chirk, chirm. Compare also Middle English chirten (“to smack, chirrup”).