I. ˈchər, +V -ər.; ˈchə̄, +V -ər. also -ə̄r noun
( -s )
Etymology: imitative
1. : the short especially vibrant or trilled and repetitive sound characteristic of certain insects (as grasshoppers and cicadas) and some birds and animals and often suggesting the rubbing together of two rough surfaces
2. : a sound like a chirr
II. intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to make a chirr
the chirring of a squirrel — Archie Binns
the crickets never chirred so blithely — Rex Ingamells
the endless chirring of their bills against the rice grains — Archibald Rutledge