Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets; to chitter; to twitter. · To speak in a high-pitched staccato. · To modify (a pulse of signal) so that it sweeps through a band of frequencies throughout its duration. · To cheer up; to make (someone) happier.
A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect. · A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse; the quality of having a such a variation in frequency.
From Middle English *chirpen (attested only in the derivative Middle English chirpinge, cyrpynge, chyrypynge (“chirping”). Compare Middle English chirken and chirmen. More at chirk, chirm. Compare also Middle English chirten (“to smack, chirrup”). Compare German zirpen and Dutch tjirpen.
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