chirr

English

Alternative forms

• churr

Etymology

Imitative, ca. 1600.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɜː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɝ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Verb

chirr (third-person singular simple present chirrs, present participle chirring, simple past and past participle chirred)

1. (intransitive) To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada).

Synonyms

• chirp, stridulate

Translations

to make a trilled sound

• Finnish: sirittää
• Russian: стрекота́ть (ru) (strekotátʹ), треща́ть (ru) (treščátʹ)
• Spanish: grillar (es), chirriar (es)

Noun

chirr (plural chirrs)

1. The trilled sound made by an insect.

Translations

trilled sound

• Finnish: siritys (fi)
• Russian: стрекота́ние (ru) n (strekotánije), треща́ние n (treščánije)
• Spanish: chirrido (es) m