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

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

Maltby had a perpetual chirrup of amusing small talk.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 3, 2015

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

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