chirr
(verb) make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Imitative.
chirr (third-person singular simple present chirrs, present participle chirring, simple past and past participle chirred)
(intransitive) To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada).
• chirp, stridulate
chirr (plural chirrs)
The trilled sound made by an insect.
Source: Wiktionary
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
