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Added 10 October 2026

chirr

/t͡ʃɜː/ verb

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about chirr at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

noun

The trilled sound made by an insect.

Origin

Imitative, ca. 1600. More at churr.

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