Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to chirp
Participle: chirped
Gerund: chirping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | chirp |
| you | chirp |
| he;she;it | chirps |
| we | chirp |
| you | chirp |
| they | chirp |
Perfect
| I | have chirped |
| you | have chirped |
| he;she;it | has chirped |
| we | have chirped |
| you | have chirped |
| they | have chirped |
Past
| I | chirped |
| you | chirped |
| he;she;it | chirped |
| we | chirped |
| you | chirped |
| they | chirped |
Pluperfect
| I | had chirped |
| you | had chirped |
| he;she;it | had chirped |
| we | had chirped |
| you | had chirped |
| they | had chirped |
Future
| I | will chirp |
| you | will chirp |
| he;she;it | will chirp |
| we | will chirp |
| you | will chirp |
| they | will chirp |
Future Perfect
| I | will have chirped |
| you | will have chirped |
| he;she;it | will have chirped |
| we | will have chirped |
| you | will have chirped |
| they | will have chirped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | chirp |
| you | chirp |
| he;she;it | chirp |
| we | chirp |
| you | chirp |
| they | chirp |
Perfect
| I | have chirped |
| you | have chirped |
| he;she;it | have chirped |
| we | have chirped |
| you | have chirped |
| they | have chirped |
Imperfect
| I | chirped |
| you | chirped |
| he;she;it | chirped |
| we | chirped |
| you | chirped |
| they | chirped |
Pluperfect
| I | had chirped |
| you | had chirped |
| he;she;it | had chirped |
| we | had chirped |
| you | had chirped |
| they | had chirped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would chirp |
| you | would chirp |
| he;she;it | would chirp |
| we | would chirp |
| you | would chirp |
| they | would chirp |
Perfect
| I | would have chirped |
| you | would have chirped |
| he;she;it | would have chirped |
| we | would have chirped |
| you | would have chirped |
| they | would have chirped |
Imperative
| you | chirp |
| we | Let's chirp |
| you | chirp |
Verbs conjugated like 'chirp'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'chirp'
chimp,
chip,
chirk,
chirl,
chirm,
chirr,
cair,
carp,
chair,
champ,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1440, echoic var. of M.E.
chirken "to twitter" (1380), from O.E.
cearcian "to creak, gnash."
2. 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. See: German, old spelling '
zirpen', Dutch '
tjirpen'.
Verbs referencing "chirp"
German, old spelling
zirpen, Dutch
tjilpen.
Sample Sentences
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[ crickets chirping ] [wind swirls] [cockatoo screeches] [ various birds singing ]
(A Grand Mockery)