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单词 chirping
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chirpingn.

/ˈtʃəːpɪŋ/
Etymology: < chirp v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of chirp v.
1. literal. Of birds and certain insects. (Formerly used more widely.)
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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > twitter or chirp > action of
chatteringa1250
writelingc1275
jargoning?a1366
chitteringc1374
jargonc1386
chirpingc1440
chirming1481
garrulingc1550
chirruping1579
twittering1773
twitteration1805
chippering1879
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by sound > particular sound > chirp > action of chirping
chirping1841
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 76 C [h] yrpynge or claterynge of byrdys.
1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 38 Against the chirping of the frogs, which perhaps seem to disquiet the Gardner in the sommer nights.
1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 42 The cherping of a Wren.
1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 164 Its song..is only a disagreeable kind of chirping.
1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xv. 304 The chirping of several Orthoptera seems to have a similar origin;..the edges of their hard pergamentaceous wings being..scraped against each other.
2. transferred. The making of a sound like this.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [noun] > chirp or chirrup
chirping1548
chirrup1788
chirp1801
chirruping1871
1548 W. Thomas Ital. Gram. & Dict. Buffa, the dispisyng blaste of the mouthe that we call shirping.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 297 A kind of whistling or chirping with the lips.
1850 J. S. Blackie in tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas I. Pref. p. xi The cheerful chirpings of the lyre.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

chirpingadj.

Etymology: formed as chirp v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchirping.
1. That chirps.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [adjective] > that whistles or chirps
pipient1607
chirping1611
cheeping1708
cheepy1841
yeeping1945
the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [adjective] > singing or chirping
chatteringa1250
chantinga1529
chippering1593
pipient1607
chirping1611
twittering1628
chittering1821
weeting1852
chirming1854
garrulous1854
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [adjective] > chirping
chirpinga1763
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gazouillard, singing, chirping, or warbling, as a bird.
1716 J. Gay Trivia i. 10 Chirping Sparrows.
a1763 W. Shenstone Odes (1765) 182 Now chirping crickets raise their tinkling voice.
1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ii. 29 Each time the horse put its foot on the fine siliceous sand, a gentle chirping noise was produced.
2. Merry, hilarious, lively. (Cf. chirpy adj.)
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective]
blitheOE
merryOE
golikc1175
lustya1225
playfulc1225
jollyc1305
merrya1350
jocund?c1380
galliardc1386
in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395
mirthfula1400
baudec1400
gayc1400
jovy1426
jocantc1440
crank1499
envoisiesa1500
as merry as a cricket1509
pleasant1530
frolic?1548
jolious1575
gleeful1586
buxom1590
gleesome1590
festival1592
laughter-loving1592
disposed1593
jucund1596
heartsomec1600
jovial1607
jovialist1610
laughsome1612
jocundary1618
gaysome1633
chirpinga1637
jovialissime1652
airy1654
festivous1654
hilarous1659
spleneticala1661
cocket1671
cranny1673
high1695
vogie1715
raffing?1719
festal1724
as merry (or lively) as a grig1728
hearty1755
tittuping1772
festive1774
fun-loving1776
mirthsome1787
Falstaffian1809
cranky1811
laughful1825
as lively as a cricket1832
hurrah1835
hilarious1838
Bacchic1865
laughterful1874
griggish1879
banzai1929
slap-you-on-the-back1932
a1637 B. Jonson Christmas his Masque 203 in Wks. (1640) III [He] has beene in his dayes a chirping boy, and a kill pot.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Chirping-merry, very pleasant over a Glass of good Liquor.
1725 New Canting Dict.
1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine viii Drink..made him chirping and merry.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xli. 169 A chirping, healthy..fellow.
3. Producing merriment, cheering.[The original notion here is not quite clear: perhaps the word was properly a verbal noun used attributively, ‘chirping-cup’ being = cup (productive) of chirping. In later use the phrase is merely traditional, without analysis.]
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] > producing merriment (of a drink)
chirping1645
chirruping cup1683
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > cheering
chirping1645
chirruping cup1683
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ v. xxv. 30 The Fannian Law..allowes a chirping cup to satiet, not to surffet.
1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 412 To take a chirping cup: Bibere ad hilaritatem.
1710 W. King Art of Love (new ed.) x. 1480 Bacchus with his chirping cup.
1733 A. Pope Of Use of Riches 18 Sir Balaam..takes his chirping pint, he cracks his jokes.
1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 205 Sir Dudley North loved a chirping Glass in an Evening.
1801 Monthly Mag. 12 224 That stimulation, which succeeds to a seasoned dinner and a chirping pint.

Derivatives

chirpingly adv.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adverb]
merryOE
feastlya1325
gailya1375
gay?a1400
festivally?c1400
merrilyc1400
jocundly1471
mirthfully1508
jolly1615
chirpingly1650
jollily1670
jovially1704
festively1793
gleeishly1828
gleesomely1850
gleefully1862
hilariously1863
1650 A. B. Mutatus Polemo 15 To be chirpingly drunk, and sing away sorrow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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