chirk
[churk]
/tʃɜrk/
verb (used without object)
1.
to make a shrill, chirping noise.
verb (used with object)
2.
Informal.
to cheer (usually followed by
up
).
Origin
before 1000;
Middle English
chirken
to creak, chirrup,
Old English
circian
to roar
Examples from the web for
chirk
They make a loud
chirk
while standing, on two or four legs, or lying prostrate in a burrow entrance.