[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/chirp.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / chirp

[← C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/C/)

# chirp

«chirp» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to make a short, high sound, like a small bird or a cricket** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (chirp, chirps, chirped, chirping); noun (a chirp, chirps)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To chirp means to make a short, high sound, like a small bird or a cricket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chirp/#m1)

2) A chirp is that sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chirp/#m2)

3) To chirp can mean to say something in a bright, cheerful voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chirp/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Isaiah describes mediums who whisper and murmur their messages. Tradition forbids seeking the dead and says people should ask God instead. In the primary lessons: In nature lessons, birds chirp to call to each other and crickets chirp by rubbing their wings. In stories, chirp describes happy birds in the morning or a cheerful child. Phrases: chirp away, chirping birds, a cheerful chirp.

### examples

- And when they shall say unto you: 'Seek unto the ghosts and the familiar spirits, that chirp and that mutter; should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living unto the dead (Prophets ISA.8.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chirp/#x1)
- The birds chirped in the morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chirp/#x2)
- We heard crickets chirping at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chirp/#x3)
- The baby bird chirped for food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chirp/#x4)
- Good morning! she chirped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chirp/#x5)
- My phone chirps when I get a message. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chirp/#x6)
- Crickets chirp faster when it is warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chirp/#x7)
- "Peep, peep, pe--weep!" chirped the bird. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chirp/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: chirped. It is an onomatopoeia: the word sounds like the noise. Similar: tweet, cheep. Fun fact: you can roughly guess the temperature by counting cricket chirps.

### In the corpora

- [Elephants comfort a scared elephant by touching it with their trunks and making soft chirping sounds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/236-animal-minds-elephants-memory-feelings-and-the-mouse-myth/11/)
- [Tickled rats make very high chirps, too high for us to hear without special equipment, and come back for more.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/388-surprising-brains-tool-using-fish-counting-bees-laughing-rats-and-clever-pigs/4/)
- [Scientists think these chirps are a kind of laughter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/388-surprising-brains-tool-using-fish-counting-bees-laughing-rats-and-clever-pigs/5/)
- [Tickled rats make very high chirps that people cannot hear without special equipment, and they come back for more tickles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/388-surprising-brains-tool-using-fish-counting-bees-laughing-rats-and-clever-pigs/13/)
- [A single short chirp every minute or so from a smoke alarm usually means its battery is low.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/12-sounds-that-warn/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chirp» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chirp/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.