chirp
11chirp — mid 15c. (implied in chirping), echoic, or else a variant of M.E. chirken to twitter (late 14c.), from O.E. cearcian to creak, gnash. Related: Chirped. As a noun, attested from 1802 …
12chirp — [v] peep, cheep call, chip, chipper, chirrup, lilt, pipe, purl, quaver, roll, sing, sound, trill, tweedle, tweet, twitter, warble; concept 64 …
13chirp — ► VERB 1) (of a small bird or a grasshopper) utter a short, sharp, high pitched sound. 2) say something in a lively and cheerful way. ► NOUN ▪ a chirping sound. ORIGIN imitative …
14chirp — [chʉrp] vi. [ME chirpen, echoic var. of chirken, CHIRK] 1. to make the short, shrill sound of some birds or insects 2. to speak in a lively, shrill way vt. to utter in a sharp, shrill tone n. a short, shrill sound chirper n …
15Chirp — For other uses, see Chirp (disambiguation). A chirp is a signal in which the frequency increases ( up chirp ) or decreases ( down chirp ) with time. In some sources, the term chirp is used interchangeably with sweep signal.[1] It is commonly used …
16Chirp — Un chirp linéaire de amplitude constante. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Chirp », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Un chirp (mot d origine anglaise signifiant « gazouillis ») est par définition …
17Chirp — Als ein Chirp (von engl. chirp = Zwitschern) bzw. eine Zirpe (dt.) bezeichnet man in der Signalverarbeitung ein Signal, dessen Frequenz sich zeitlich ändert. Chirp Impuls mit linearem Frequenzanstieg Technische Anwendungen liegen bei der… …
18chirp — UK [tʃɜː(r)p] / US [tʃɜrp] verb Word forms chirp : present tense I/you/we/they chirp he/she/it chirps present participle chirping past tense chirped past participle chirped 1) [intransitive] when a bird or an insect chirps, it makes a short high… …
19chirp — I. verb Etymology: imitative Date: 1557 intransitive verb to make a chirp or a sound resembling a chirp transitive verb to utter with a cheerful liveliness < she chirped “good morning” > II. noun Date: circa 1586 the …
20chirp — [[t]tʃɜrp[/t]] n. 1) anb the short, sharp sound made by small birds and certain insects 2) c.v. any similar sound, esp. of a cheerful, excited tone 3) anb c.v. to make the sound of a chirp 4) to say or express with such a sound • Etymology:… …
