chirrup

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

From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2022

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

In fact, there is only one moment of digital manipulation on the record: a brief chirrup of auto-tune in the middle of Little White Dove.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 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

At lunchtime, when the children were lining up once again in the canteen, Lyra felt Pantalaimon give a chirrup of recognition, and turned to find Billy Costa standing just behind her.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Mother monkeys kept up their calls, baby monkeys chirruped.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019

“What does July 4th mean to me? Freedom,” Sen. Ron Johnson chirruped on Twitter on Independence Day.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2018

"There are all sorts of little buttons you can press," he chirruped, adding that lots of children were waiting outside.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 12, 2011

"Well oi tink oi'd be a little bit old for dat, now," chirruped an indignant Doolin.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2010

She felt like a universal pet, and the second she voiced that thought to herself, Pantalaimon stretched his goldfinch wings and chirruped loudly.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Musicians have long incorporated nature's sounds into their music - think of the chirruping in The Beatles' "Blackbird", or the rain falling in "Riders on the Storm" by The Doors.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2024

This gentler visual approach extends to the audio; in “Herons,” one of the diaries accessible from the hub, you’ll hear the quiet chirruping of birds amid bright dawn sun.

From The Verge ● Jul. 15, 2021

In the darkness, people moved together in a loose chain, softly chirruping and wind-milling their arms wide to urge the last of the reindeer down to the corral.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 18, 2019

Now that sounds like a guaranteed hoot, doesn’t it? — conjuring images of a big palooka scampering around, chirruping, “I’m singin’ in the ring.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2014

A high, squeaking sound accompanied them; it might have been Margaret’s voice, but in Penelope’s mind it sounded more like the chirruping of a worried Nutsawoo.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood