Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of chirrup
nounchirruping (plural chirrupings)
plural chirrupings
- The act of producing a chirrup sound.
the chirrupings of birds
1 more example
Time passed; Moira grew up, chronologically; but Sir Watney went on treating her as a spoilt child, went on being enchanted by her birdy chirrupings and ingenuousnesses and impertinent enfant-terrible-isms.
1930, Aldous Huxley, Brief Candles
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