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 →

2) A chirp is that sound. tree →

3) To chirp can mean to say something in a bright, cheerful voice. tree →

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 →
• The birds chirped in the morning. tree →
• We heard crickets chirping at night. tree →
• The baby bird chirped for food. tree →
• Good morning! she chirped. tree →
• My phone chirps when I get a message. tree →
• Crickets chirp faster when it is warm. tree →
• "Peep, peep, pe--weep!" chirped the bird. tree →

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.
• Tickled rats make very high chirps, too high for us to hear without special equipment, and come back for more.
• Scientists think these chirps are a kind of laughter.
• Tickled rats make very high chirps that people cannot hear without special equipment, and they come back for more tickles.
• A single short chirp every minute or so from a smoke alarm usually means its battery is low.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chirp» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.