chirping

Definitions

1. 1

   present participle and gerund of chirp

2. 2

   The act, or an instance of, chirping.

   • Let the songs be loud and cheerful, and not chirpings or pulings.
   • We heard the peculiar note of the woodcock, which resembles the repeated croaking of the frog, followed by a sharp hissing sound, somewhat like the noisy chirping of the wagtail[.]
   • Adler's prose seeks to catch the whispers and chirpings of insanity rather than the lamentations of suffering.

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