MEANING
Produce a series of short, clear chirping sounds.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- birds chirrup
- chirrup brightly
On the page
Small birds chirruped beneath the dripping eaves.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- chirrup
- Past tense
- chirruped
- Past participle
- chirruped
- Present participle
- chirruping
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- chirrup
- Present continuous
- am/is/are chirruping
- Present perfect
- have/has chirruped
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been chirruping
- Past
- chirruped
- Past continuous
- was/were chirruping
- Past perfect
- had chirruped
- Past perfect continuous
- had been chirruping
- Future
- will chirrup
- Future continuous
- will be chirruping
- Future perfect
- will have chirruped
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been chirruping
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Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: chirrup; chirrups; chirruped; chirruped; chirruping Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: chirrups.
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