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Chirp

To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets.

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Chitter 76% connected

To chirp in a tremulous manner, as a bird.

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Twitter 76% connected

One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 4

Emit 76% connected

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sing 76% connected

To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Cheep 74% connected

To chirp, as a young bird.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cheep 74% connected

To chirp, as a young bird.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Chirrup 74% connected

To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Chirrup 74% connected

To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tweedle 74% connected

To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tweedle 74% connected

To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 4

Cheep 92% connected

To chirp, as a young bird.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Chirrup 92% connected

To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Peep 92% connected

To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Tweedle 92% connected

To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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