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chirr

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chirr  (chûr)
n.
A harsh trilling sound, such as that made by crickets.
intr.v. chirred, chirr·ing, chirrs
To make a harsh trilling sound.
[Imitative.]
chirr, chirre, churr [tʃɜː]
vb
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (intr) (esp of certain insects, such as crickets) to make a shrill trilled sound
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the sound of chirring
[of imitative origin]
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Verb1.chirr - make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas
let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
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I've come through Sun Valley To sit beside your rock and your greening bust Above the Big Lost River Where sage and bitterbush and broom Have held their own, where the cicadas Chirr through the cottonwoods in the dead of summer.
HEMINGWAY AND THE POETS by MCFARLAND, RON / The Hemingway Review
There are seven cases of o-words in the English corpus, which do not contain stops but contain affricates: chuff, jar, smooch, munch, choo choo, chirr and achoo.
Stops and other sound-symbolic devices expressing the relative length ... by Zuchowski, Rafal / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
 
 
 
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