(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If a bird ~s, it sings with short, high-pitched, repeated notes.
At one point a bird ~ed in the Conservatory.
VERB: V
2.
If you say that a woman ~s, you mean that she talks or laughs in a high-pitched voice which sounds rather musical but which also sounds rather irritating.
‘How adorable!’ she ~s.
VERB: V with quote
3.
A ~ is the playing of two musical notes repeatedly and quickly one after the other. (TECHNICAL)
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