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How to pronounce chirrup in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cheep, chirp, peep
Type of emit, let loose, let out, utter
Has types chitter, twitter
Type Words
Synonyms twitter
Type of sound

Examples of chirrup

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What's an obscure wee lark, a mere chirrup, in the great scheme of things?
From the independent.co.uk
They chitter, chatter and chirrup, twitching their tails as if they were furry lariats.
From the washingtonpost.com
Imagine the chirrup of cicadas and faint tinny radio music from upstairs.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
Common terms in English include words such as quack, chirp and chirrup.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The electronic chirrup of an incoming message signaled his response.
From the washingtonpost.com
The only sounds are the chirrup of the birds, the whirr of the fans and the odd outboard motor.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The markets now resemble those nesting chicks that chirrup constantly for their parents to feed them.
From the economist.com
Baby sparrows chirrup excitedly while quickly disposing of someone's lunch remnants on the cafe tables.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The chirrup of birds, the distant tapping of woodpeckers and the soft lapping of the lake are the only sounds.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • A series of chirps
  • Peep: make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes"
  • A chirp is a signal in which the frequency increases ('up-chirp') or decreases ('down-chirp') with time. In some sources, the term chirp is used interchangeably with sweep signal. It is commonly used in sonar and radar, but has other applications, such as in spread spectrum communications. ...