the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [verb (intransitive)] > chirp (4)
intransitive. To chirp. Obsolete.
intransitive. To utter the short sharp thin sound proper to some small birds and certain insects.
intransitive. Of birds, etc.: To chirp, esp. with a more sustained and lively effect, approaching to twittering or warbling.