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Meaning of "chirr" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHIRR

Of imitative origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CHIRR

chirr  [tʃɜː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHIRR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chirr is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb chirr in English.

WHAT DOES CHIRR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of chirr in the English dictionary

The definition of chirr in the dictionary is to make a shrill trilled sound. Other definition of chirr is the sound of chirring.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CHIRR

PRESENT

Present
I chirr
you chirr
he/she/it chirrs
we chirr
you chirr
they chirr
Present continuous
I am chirring
you are chirring
he/she/it is chirring
we are chirring
you are chirring
they are chirring
Present perfect
I have chirred
you have chirred
he/she/it has chirred
we have chirred
you have chirred
they have chirred
Present perfect continuous
I have been chirring
you have been chirring
he/she/it has been chirring
we have been chirring
you have been chirring
they have been chirring
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I chirred
you chirred
he/she/it chirred
we chirred
you chirred
they chirred
Past continuous
I was chirring
you were chirring
he/she/it was chirring
we were chirring
you were chirring
they were chirring
Past perfect
I had chirred
you had chirred
he/she/it had chirred
we had chirred
you had chirred
they had chirred
Past perfect continuous
I had been chirring
you had been chirring
he/she/it had been chirring
we had been chirring
you had been chirring
they had been chirring
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will chirr
you will chirr
he/she/it will chirr
we will chirr
you will chirr
they will chirr
Future continuous
I will be chirring
you will be chirring
he/she/it will be chirring
we will be chirring
you will be chirring
they will be chirring
Future perfect
I will have chirred
you will have chirred
he/she/it will have chirred
we will have chirred
you will have chirred
they will have chirred
Future perfect continuous
I will have been chirring
you will have been chirring
he/she/it will have been chirring
we will have been chirring
you will have been chirring
they will have been chirring
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would chirr
you would chirr
he/she/it would chirr
we would chirr
you would chirr
they would chirr
Conditional continuous
I would be chirring
you would be chirring
he/she/it would be chirring
we would be chirring
you would be chirring
they would be chirring
Conditional perfect
I would have chirr
you would have chirr
he/she/it would have chirr
we would have chirr
you would have chirr
they would have chirr
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been chirring
you would have been chirring
he/she/it would have been chirring
we would have been chirring
you would have been chirring
they would have been chirring
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you chirr
we let´s chirr
you chirr
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to chirr
Past participle
chirred
Present Participle
chirring
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHIRR


chirre
tʃɜː
chur
tʃɜː
churr
tʃɜː
pasticheur
ˌpæstiːˈʃɜː
Sher
ʃɜː
shir
ʃɜː
shirr
ʃɜː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHIRR

chiropteran
chiropterous
chirp
chirper
chirpier
chirpiest
chirpily
chirpiness
chirping
chirpy
chirre
chirren
chirrup
chirruper
chirrupy
chirt
chiru
chirurgeon
chirurgeonly
chirurgery

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHIRR

birr
burr
carr
curr
De La Warr
err
girr
Herr
Kerr
murr
Orr
parr
purr
skirr
smirr
Starr
tirr
torr
whirr
yirr

Synonyms and antonyms of chirr in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chirr» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHIRR

Find out the translation of chirr to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chirr from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chirr» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

chirr
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chirr
570 millions of speakers

English

chirr
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

chirr
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

chirr
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стрекочут
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chirr
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুঁজন করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chirr
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chirr
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

chirr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

chirr
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

chirr
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chirr
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dế kêu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

chirr
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çekirge sesi çıkarmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trillo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chirr
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стрекочуть
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

târâi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

chirr
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tjjrrr
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

chirr
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chirr
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chirr

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHIRR»

The term «chirr» is normally little used and occupies the 125.990 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of chirr
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHIRR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chirr» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chirr» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chirr

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHIRR»

Discover the use of chirr in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chirr and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Yir-Yoront Lexicon: Sketch and Dictionary of an Australian ...
CHIRR (Ideophone) The rr is trilled. (OF THE THE SEPARATION OF THE SHAFT AND BUTT OF A SPEAR OR HARPOON.) Kat! kall ungnh. Thamr chirr yimowl. Rope awr yawrronl yirr. Kat! [we] harpoon [the dugong]. Chirr, the foreshaft comes  ...
Barry Alpher, 1991
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Harper's Round Table
THE first star peeps within the pane This cold and frosty weather, When the cricket and the tea-kettle Commence to sing together: 0 chirr, chirr, chirr, O bubble, bubble, bubble— There's nothing like a song to charm away life's trouble The ...
3
My Visions My Dreams My Fears: "Sher"
Now days chirr en have so many out fits they change clothes two and three times a day. They take their clothes off, and throw them on the floor. Do not appreciate anything. If they had to work for those clothes, and clean them, they would think ...
Sherry R. G., 2012
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Always
Chirr lay on the jade coloured grass beside Einarr while Kek-Kek continued his sweet melody. Einarr breathed in the aroma from the jasmine bushes. “I will not be able to save you from the violence there. I'm an Adviser to a sister who is in ...
DM Yates, 2012
5
The Farm in the Karoo: Or, What Charley Vyvyan and His ...
Perhaps he heard you call him wicked," said George ; " but, there, is not that the Chirr, chirr ? Come, let us follow, and see where it will lead us. We have to go very quietly, and not too many together. So, if you three would like to witness the  ...
Mary Ann Carey Hobson, 1883
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Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines
Koolatowie was when Chirr-bookie left home. The old man said that every one was well and happy at the time of his setting out on his journey. Now Eurowie and Pithowie held secret converse, planning to take the life of Chirr-bookie.
W. Ramsay Smith, 2003
7
Garden of Heart's Desire: A Fairy Tale
“Chap chirr-r-ee-ee, cheep chirr-r-ee-ee, We pause for a moment to rest; Cheep chirr-r-ee-ee, cheep chirr-r-ee-ee, We have come from the Southland sunny and bright, We have winged our way by day and by night, For a summer up North is ...
Ida M Huntington, Maginel Wright Barney, 1911
8
The Boy's Own Paper
Here the bird began to get impatient, and emerging from its retreat repeated its cry of chirr, chirr, chirr, chirr. “ Thank you for nothing," said George to the honey- bird. “ We can't get the honey, so you must go without as well, though I don't see ...
9
There's a Word for It (Revised Edition): A Grandiloquent ...
In James Thurber's story “Interview with a Lemming,” a philosophical lemming tells an itinerant scientist that “there are many things animals can do that you cannot, such as stridulate, or chirr, to name just one. To stridulate, or chirr, one of the ...
Charles Harrington Elster, 2005
10
Birds of Peru: Revised and Updated Edition
All species have some version of a growling “chirr” call. BICOLORED ANTBIRD Gymnopithys leucaspis * 14–14.5 cm (51⁄2–53⁄4 in) Fairly common in northern Amazonia below 750 m. Found in understory of humid terra firme. Subordinate to  ...
Thomas S. Schulenberg, Douglas F. Stotz, Daniel F. Lane, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHIRR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chirr is used in the context of the following news items.
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Illegal logging: Timber smugglers thrash forest officials, evade arrest
According to the DFO, the timber smugglers' boss, Tari, first resorted to firing when the SDFO and his team caught a trolley loaded with chirr ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
2
UWR House of Chiefs working hard to dispose of cases
Naa Chirr said the House was working assiduously to get names of the approved skins entered into the National Register of Chiefs, to enable ... «BusinessGhana, Jun 15»
3
Cicadas of Brood XXIII near expiration date
... is the sound of a male calling to a female cicada, a surprisingly loud buzz or chirr that he makes by vibrating a membrane in his abdomen. «Paducah Sun, Jun 15»
4
VIDEO: North Devon a hotspot for adders: 'Bad boy' status …
Grasshopper warblers can be heard calling from the hawthorn. Their call is a continuous chirr that matches the sound made by the long legged ... «North Devon Journal, Apr 15»
5
A Point of View: Can parents and non-parents ever understand each …
Sitting in the bouquet-garni-scented dusk, listening to the cicadas chirr, and slowly ingesting the rich fare, the conversation turned for some ... «BBC News, Feb 15»
6
“Empire” Is A Black Bourgeoisie Nightmare!
Yes, some of them are retarded or a little “touched,” but they are people, somebody's chirr'ren! Indeed, black people are colorful and the whole ... «AllHipHop, Jan 15»
7
Gang-gang: Myna reduction encourages return of native bird species
... shrill, purring chirr or chirk" that carries for up to 100 metres. To this columnist's ear it can sound at first like the sound made by a man-made, ... «The Canberra Times, Jan 15»
8
Namibia – more than biltong, beer and sand dunes
Their nightlife consists of a zooming chirr of insects under the glowing moon. The Herero people are tres chic with their own special line ... «New Era, Dec 14»
9
Gardening is about providing more than just beauty
Small, ground-dwelling squirrels, reddish brown with black and white stripes, they have a soft chip-chip or chirr-y call that I'm sure I've heard ... «Joplin Globe, Oct 14»
10
The New Ford Mustang Proves Muscle Cars Aren't Dead
Soon to be heard only in collective memory—or at Mustang rallies—is the percussive cadence of a free-breathing V8 at idle, the cold chirr of ... «Wall Street Journal, Oct 14»

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