Definition of "chirring" [chirring]

• Present participle of chirr. (verb)

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• ""chirring" of the myriads of insects that haunted the bushy growth with which the whole face of the country was covered, and the occasional call of a bird."
• "And as he sang, the memories of the tree from which the harp was made were awoken, and the people of the court were stunned to find themselves surrounded by the scents of spring, by the murmuring of a summer breeze, by the chirring of insects, the pattering of rain, the call of the cuckoo."
• "He knew it was nighttime by the calls of the owls and chirring of the night insects."