sirittää — meaning in English

English meaning

• chirp noun A short, high-pitched sound made by a bird or insect.
• chirr verb To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada).
• chirrup verb To make a series of chirps, clicks, or clucks.

Senses

sirittää is used for these senses in English:

• chirp (Canada) To speak rapid insulting comical banter back and forth; to bicker or argue.
• chirr (intransitive) To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada).
• chirrup (intransitive) To make a series of chirps, clicks, or clucks.
• stridulate (intransitive) To make a high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers do, by rubbing certain body parts together.

chirp — full definition

1. noun A short, high-pitched sound made by a bird or insect.
2. verb To make such a short, high-pitched sound.
3. verb Slang: to trash-talk or tease someone, often in sports.

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