chirp

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Regno Unito//t͡ʃɜːp//
Stati Uniti//t͡ʃɚp//
Australia//t͡ʃɘːp//

A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.

sostantivo

1
A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
2
A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse; the quality of having a such a variation in frequency.
The long fiber lengths required to linearize the chirp can then be used […]

Etimologia

From Middle English *chirpen (attested only in the derivative Middle English chirpinge, cyrpynge, chyrypynge (“chirping”). Compare Middle English chirken and chirmen. More at chirk, chirm. Compare also Middle English chirten (“to smack, chirrup”). Compare German zirpen and Dutch tjirpen.

verbo

1
To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets; to chitter; to twitter.
"Well, I suppose you didn't come out of the egg either before you could chirp," said the woman who was on the egg.
2
To speak in a high-pitched staccato.
3
To modify (a pulse of signal) so that it sweeps through a band of frequencies throughout its duration.
4
obsoletoTo cheer up; to make (someone) happier.
5
To speak rapid insulting comical banter back and forth; to bicker or argue.
6
obsoletoTo inform on someone; snitch.

Forme

plurale: chirps
passato: chirped
participio passato: chirped
participio presente: chirping
3ª persona singolare: chirps

chipped · Having one or more chips (small pieces) missing.chips · A carpenter.Chips · Traditional nickname for someone whose surname is Carpenter.

chirp · A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.

chirping · The act, or an instance of, chirping.chittering · The sound of a chitter.Chiu · A surname from Cantonese.

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