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▪ I. chirruping, vbl. n.|ˈtʃɪrəpɪŋ|
[f. chirrup v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb chirrup.
1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. June, Thy rymes..Whose Echo..taught the byrdes..Frame to thy songe their cheerefull cheriping. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) VII. 351 Except in the very coldest weather, they [crickets] never cease their chirruping. 1871Earle Philol. Eng. Tong. §660 The first attempts to speak are mere chirrupings.
▪ II. chirruping, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. That chirrups.
1826Scott Woodst. xxviii, Robin-redbreast['s] chirruping song was heard. 1850Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom xiii, A wholesome, whole-hearted, chirruping little woman. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede 63 The small chirruping voice..came from a little sunny-haired girl between three and four.
2. in chirruping cup, chirruping glass, etc. = chirping cup, glass, etc. [perh. this is vbl. n.]
1683Tryon Way to Health 35 This Saturnine People may sometimes drink a Cherripping Glass or two, without any danger to their Health. 1687T. Brown Lib. Consc. in Dk. Buckingham's Wks. (1705) II. 119 He wou'd take a Cherriping Cup off in a Corner. 1694King Animadv. Acc. Denmark Wks. 1776 I. 84 A chirruping dose of brandy. |