chirrup

Example Sentences

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The chirrup or trill greeting is a melodious sound that cats make when saying hello to preferred individuals.

From Scientific American • Oct. 5, 2022

Capturing just 20 seconds of a songbird's chirrup, or an elk's bugle, or a kangaroo's chortle often requires hours of stillness and solitude.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2021

They gather in the blocked gutter above my writing room in late afternoon, their short soft chirrup announcing bathing time.

From The Guardian • Oct. 31, 2019

On a visit in June, the central gaming floor buzzes with the grim tension of high-stakes card games, regularly interspersed by the electronic chirrup of slot machines dishing out their jackpots.

From Time • Jul. 19, 2016

They stepped off the black road and into the knee-high grass, swishing their legs through the stems, watching the insects hovering, darting, fluttering, skimming, hearing the million-voiced chorus chirrup and scrape.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman