How to pronounce “chirr”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (intransitive) To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada).
• [Noun]
• The trilled sound made by an insect.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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