Definition of "chirr" [chirr]

• A harsh trilling sound, such as that made by crickets. (noun)
• To make a harsh trilling sound. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Like a bad dream they faded away and the soothing chirr of the crickets returned and once again she slept."
• "Birdehs cum and eet deh seeds, kittehs watch frum windoze and chirr and make deh but wiggle ub doom at dem."
• "In the evening when the dogs howl and the crickets chirr, and the huge moon hoists above the hills, and in Argostoli the searchlights search for false alarms, I take my sweet Antonia."