chirping

chirp-ing · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Making short, sharp high-pitched sounds, as a bird or insect does.

  2. 2.

    The sound made by birds or insects.

  3. 3.

    Making or characterized by chirp sounds.

Related words

See also: bird, chirp, sing, tweet
Synonyms: cheeping, singing, trilling, tweeting

Etymology

Present participle of "chirp," from Middle English "chirpen," of imitative origin.