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

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

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

An antique and strangulated chirrup, with a performance to match.

From The New Yorker ● May 27, 2016

All at once, hundreds of birds woke up and began to chirrup loudly.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

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

"Currently, Drogba is still a player of Shanghai Shenhua, the contract between the two parties is still within the period of validity," chirruped a club statement.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2013

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

From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2010

The driver chirruped at the horses, and within the blink of an eye they were gone, and Ash was left standing alone in the dark.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

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

I thought back to her newborn sonic effusions as a chirruping cherub on my chest who let forth ribbits during hiccups and sounded at times like a soprano cartoon pterodactyl.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2021

The album begins with a chirruping synthesizer from Mr. Czukay; on the final track, “You Doo Right,” the group maunders through a 20-minute jam.

From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2017

Cassiopeia was content with that solution, but Penelope had to bite her lip not to comment as the little girl explained its new living situation to the attentively chirruping squirrel.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood