Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to chirrup
Participle: chirruped
Gerund: chirruping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | chirrup |
| you | chirrup |
| he;she;it | chirrups |
| we | chirrup |
| you | chirrup |
| they | chirrup |
Perfect
| I | have chirruped |
| you | have chirruped |
| he;she;it | has chirruped |
| we | have chirruped |
| you | have chirruped |
| they | have chirruped |
Past
| I | chirruped |
| you | chirruped |
| he;she;it | chirruped |
| we | chirruped |
| you | chirruped |
| they | chirruped |
Pluperfect
| I | had chirruped |
| you | had chirruped |
| he;she;it | had chirruped |
| we | had chirruped |
| you | had chirruped |
| they | had chirruped |
Future
| I | will chirrup |
| you | will chirrup |
| he;she;it | will chirrup |
| we | will chirrup |
| you | will chirrup |
| they | will chirrup |
Future Perfect
| I | will have chirruped |
| you | will have chirruped |
| he;she;it | will have chirruped |
| we | will have chirruped |
| you | will have chirruped |
| they | will have chirruped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | chirrup |
| you | chirrup |
| he;she;it | chirrup |
| we | chirrup |
| you | chirrup |
| they | chirrup |
Perfect
| I | have chirruped |
| you | have chirruped |
| he;she;it | have chirruped |
| we | have chirruped |
| you | have chirruped |
| they | have chirruped |
Imperfect
| I | chirruped |
| you | chirruped |
| he;she;it | chirruped |
| we | chirruped |
| you | chirruped |
| they | chirruped |
Pluperfect
| I | had chirruped |
| you | had chirruped |
| he;she;it | had chirruped |
| we | had chirruped |
| you | had chirruped |
| they | had chirruped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would chirrup |
| you | would chirrup |
| he;she;it | would chirrup |
| we | would chirrup |
| you | would chirrup |
| they | would chirrup |
Perfect
| I | would have chirruped |
| you | would have chirruped |
| he;she;it | would have chirruped |
| we | would have chirruped |
| you | would have chirruped |
| they | would have chirruped |
Imperative
| you | chirrup |
| we | Let's chirrup |
| you | chirrup |
Verbs conjugated like 'chirrup'
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 'chirrup'
cherup,
chirp,
chirr,
chirre,
chiaus,
chimp,
chip,
chirk,
chirl,
chirm,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Variant of chirp.
Sample Sentences
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When other folks' squirrels are at home and asleep, yourn keep in motion among the trees and chirrup and sing, in a way that even a Delaware gal can understand their music! [1841, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 17, in The Deerslayer: Or, the First War-path:]
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Face Eater Cat is a very happy, healthy animal who's found her forever home, and she chirrups along when serenaded with eighties hits. It's a match made in heaven. [2022 July 23, “A She-Cat Tamed By The Purr Of Her Humans”, in Not Always Right, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2022:]
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The crickets chirruped their song.
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'Busy, Max?' chirruped the familiar voice of his friend the inquiry agent—incurably brisk and debonair even after its ten miles' journey along the wire. [1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:]
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to chirrup a horse