chirkest
superlative form of chirk: most chirk
• Hetricks, hickster, kitscher, skitcher
Source: Wiktionary
Chirk, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Chirp, also Creak.]
1. To shriek; to gnash; to utter harsh or shrill cries. [Obs.] All full of chirkyng was that sorry place. Cheucer.
2. To chirp like a bird. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Chirk, v. t.
Definition: To cheer; to enliven; as, to chirk one up. [Colloq. New Eng. ]
Chirk, a. Etym: [From Chirk, v. i.]
Definition: Lively; cheerful; in good spirits. [Colloq. New Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 May 2024
(verb) be in a state of movement or action; “The room abounded with screaming children”; “The garden bristled with toddlers”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
