verb
- to make a trilling or vibrating sound, as certain insects do
noun
- a trilling or vibrating sound made by insects or similar creatures
Examples
- The crickets chirred loudly in the summer evening.
- We could hear the chirr of grasshoppers in the tall grass.
- The cicadas began to chirr as the sun set.
- A steady chirr came from the insects near the porch.
- The bird's wings made a soft chirring sound as it flew past.
- Thousands of locusts chirred together in a deafening chorus.