Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
lively; cheerful; in good spirits
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo become happier. · To make happier. · To make the sound of a bird; to chirp.
From Middle English chirken, cherken, charken, from Old English ċearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to make a sound, crack”). Doublet of chark. Related also to crake, crack.
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