chirruping

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

chirruping

  1. present participle and gerund of chirrup

Noun[edit]

chirruping (plural chirrupings)

  1. The act of producing a chirrup sound.
    the chirrupings of birds
    • 1930, Aldous Huxley, Brief Candles:
      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.
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