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Recent Examples of chirp
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
Instead of a bland playlist, you ears will pick up on the cheerful chirps of finches from their nine-foot-tall birdcages.
—Katie Chang, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 14 June 2025
The first rays of sun can be seen, and birds are chirping.
—Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Panthers center Sam Bennett, who had a contentious altercation with Marchand in Round 2 of the playoffs last year, said Marchand’s first message after being added to the team group chat was a chirp.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
Instead of a bland playlist, you ears will pick up on the cheerful chirps of finches from their nine-foot-tall birdcages.
—Katie Chang, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
All around this verdant peninsula on Italy’s Tuscan coast, the swifts chirped ecstatically, as if broadcasting the news: Breakfast cakes are warm!
—Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 14 June 2025
The first rays of sun can be seen, and birds are chirping.
—Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirp
Verb
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Before leaving, make sure to peep the world’s finest collection of Southwestern jewelry and Naranjo Morse’s daughter Eliza’s mural leading downstairs to the Case Trading Post.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Each of the game’s different courses are fully available to drive through at pace to peep for collectibles (there’s hundreds) and alternate paths to remember later in races.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
Noun
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The animals use complex clicks, squawks and whistles to call out to each other, fight and attract a mate.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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The show is thrilling as a sensory experience, humming with sinister percussive beats and the occasional muffled animal squawk in the distance.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2025
Verb
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On Friday, Zelenskyy tweeted that nine people were injured in an overnight drone attack on Kharkiv, and Russia has launched new waves of strikes in the morning as well.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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According to reporting from the Clermont Sun, Fike tweeted ‘#thug the new n word’ in April 2015 and ‘Thug life = thug treatment = no pity from me’ in July 2019.—
James Wilkins,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Cicadas are back at it again in 2025, already emerging in droves to announce the approach of summer with their screeches.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
30 May 2025
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The screech of an infected is the first sign of trouble.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 May 2025
Noun
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When the spotlight hit vocalist Noah Sebastian, a decidedly un-metal chorus of teenage squeals filled the air.—
Cal Roach,
jsonline.com,
5 July 2025
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The gym was quiet, echoing only the squeal of sneakers and pounding of the basketball instead of the music and laughter that typically accompany a pregame training session.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
5 June 2025
Verb
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That hot water is piped to buildings downtown, and arrives at about 170 degrees.—
Ian Max Stevenson
Updated July 3,
Idaho Statesman,
3 July 2025
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Dessert doesn't disappoint, as in the passion fruit and mint gelato scoops piped with macambo mousse.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
Noun
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The footage shows the beautiful black cat not with a typical meow, but with a series of gentle squeaks.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
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George's solo culminated in a symphony of squeaks before MJ Lenderman returned to the stage for a two-song encore.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
Verb
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Evening had fallen, and bats chittered in the sky outside.—
Pete McKenzie,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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In early 2020, Daniel Bachman stood at the edge of a creek in Falmouth, Virginia, recording the sounds of the insects chittering and buzzing around him.—
Brendan Fitzgerald,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Chirp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chirp. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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