(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
When a bird or an insect such as a cricket or grasshopper ~s, it makes short high-pitched sounds.
The crickets ~ed faster and louder.
= chirrup
VERB: V
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Chirp is also a noun.
The ~s of the small garden birds sounded distant.
N-COUNT
~ing
...the ~ing of birds.
N-UNCOUNT