chirre

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A form of chirr — To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada).

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Meanings

verbchirre (third-person singular simple present chirres, present participle chirring, simple past and past participle chirred)

present singular third person chirres · participle present chirring · participle past chirred · past chirred

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of chirr

Origin

Compare German girren (“to coo”) and Spanish chirriar (“to chirp”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

chirre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chirre

MLA

“chirre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chirre. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chirre,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chirre.

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