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chirk
[ churk ]
verb (used without object)
- to make a shrill, chirping noise.
verb (used with object)
- Informal. to cheer (usually followed by up ).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chirk1
before 1000; Middle English chirken to creak, chirrup, Old English circian to roar
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Example Sentences
She makes her laugh,' I says, 'an' she seems to chirk her right up.'
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There warn't no better hayin' hand in the county than Loammi Chirk.
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The hull of it's Zerubbabel Chirk; but most folks ain't got time to say all that.
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Mrs. Chirk was to return in the evening, so she felt no further anxiety about them.
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I was settin' with her, an' I said to her how much better she seemed to be, tryin' to chirk her up.
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