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chirk

  [churk]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to make a shrill, chirping noise.
–verb (used with object)
2. Informal. to cheer (usually fol. by up).
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME chirken to creak, chirrup, OE circian to roar
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chirk   (chûrk)   
tr. & intr.v.   chirked, chirk·ing, chirks
To make or become cheerful.

[Middle English chirken, to chirp, chirrup, from Old English cearcian, to chatter, alteration of cracian, to resound; see crack.]
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Chirk

Chirk\, v. i. [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

Chirk\, v. t. To cheer; to enliven; as, to chirk one up. [Colloq. New Eng. ]

Chirk

Chirk\, a. [From Chirk, v. i.] Lively; cheerful; in good spirits. [Colloq. New Eng.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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