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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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