chirr

Plural: chirrs

Verb

Verb Forms: chirred, chirring, chirrs

• To make a prolonged, trilling, harsh sound, like an insect.
• make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas
• To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada).

Noun

• The trilled sound made by an insect.

Examples

• The clock began to chirr as his time ran out for the challenging word.

Synonyms

chirp, stridulate

Anagrams of chirr