chirr
[chur]
/tʃɜr/
verb (used without object)
1.
to make a characteristic shrill, trilling sound, as a grasshopper.
noun
2.
the sound of chirring.
Also,
chirre,
churr
.
Origin
1590-1600;
alteration of
chirp
British Dictionary definitions for
chirr
chirr
/
tʃɜː
/
verb
1.
(
intransitive
) (esp of certain insects, such as crickets) to make a shrill trilled sound
noun
2.
the sound of chirring
Word Origin
C17: of imitative origin
Word Origin and History for
chirr
v.
c.1600, echoic of a grasshopper's trill. Related:
Chirred
;
chirring
.