twirp
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)p
Etymology 1 edit
Onomatopoeia, like chirp.
Interjection edit
twirp
- An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn.
- 1898, Metropolitan: Volume 7, page 520:
- The hounds are impatient. "Twirp, twirp, twirp!" goes the horn, and "Crack, crack, crack!" responds the whip. It is a chorus that stirs the blood of the veteran as well as that of the uninitiated fox-hunter.
- 1996 August, Garrett Barbuto, Boys' Life, page 54:
- The first guy climbed up a tree and the farmer yelled, "Who is in my tree?" "Twirp, twirp," replied the first guy. […] "Meow," replied the second guy.
Etymology 2 edit
Unknown, possibly derived from the onomatopoeia. See twerp.
Noun edit
twirp (plural twirps)
- Alternative spelling of twerp
- 1924, Munsey's Magazine: Volume 81, page 561:
- Don't be such a twirp. I'll be back in twenty minutes. Watch the clock! Time me! I'm going to take the bus.