Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Alternative spelling of chirr (“insect sound”). · A low vocal sound made by some birds.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAlternative spelling of chirr (“to make an insect sound”). · To make the low vocal sound of some birds.
Uncertain. Possibly from Middle English *churren, *chirren, *cherren, from Old English ċeorian (“to murmur, grumble, complain”), from Proto-West Germanic *karēn (“to complain”).
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