(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
When birds ~, they make a lot of short high-pitched sounds.
There were birds ~ing in the eucalyptus trees.
...a tree filled with ~ing birds.
VERB: V, V-ing
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Twitter is also a noun.
Naomi would waken to the ~ of birds.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n
2.
If you say that someone is ~ing about something, you mean that they are speaking about silly or unimportant things, usually rather fast or in a high-pitched voice.
...debutantes ~ing excitedly about Christian Dior dresses...
She laughs, blushes and ~s: ‘Oh, doesn’t Giles have just the most charming sense of humour?’
VERB: V about n, V with quote, also V