Meaning

2 senses
  1. In a good mood; happy and energetic.

    He's surprisingly chirpy for someone who just lost his father.

  2. Making chirping noises.

More definitions
  • (birds or insects) characterized by or tending to chirp
  • characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Ben sauntered into the room whistling a chirpy tune.

  2. The band's latest single has been deemed too chirpy by critics.

Forms

chirpier, chirpiest
Comparativechirpier Lesson
Superlativechirpiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness:buoyantperky

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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