chirp
A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insectA short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
» I can hear the chirping of insects.
Мені чутно стрекотання комах. — ChickenKiev
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesA short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
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.
Pfeifen, Zirpen
чик-чири́кčik-čirík, ще́бетščébet, чири́каньеčiríkanʹje
- a sharp sound made by small birds or insects
Examples
75 sentencesI can hear the chirping of insects.
Мені чутно стрекотання комах. — ChickenKiev
Did you hear the birds chirping?
ruТы слышал, как щебечут птицы? — odexed
Tom could hear birds chirping outside his window.
I could hear birds chirping outside my window.
ruМне было слышно щебетание птиц за окном. — marafon
deIch konnte Vögel vor meinem Fenster zwitschern hören. — BerlinJakarta
Birds were chirping in the tree.
ruНа дереве щебетали птицы. — Selena777
deVögel zwitscherten auf dem Baum. — L3581
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English *chirpen (attested only in the derivative Middle English chirpinge, cyFrom 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”). Compare German zirpen and Dutch tjirpen.
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