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chirk

  [churk]
–verb (used without object)
1. to make a shrill, chirping noise.
–verb (used with object)
2. Informal. to cheer (usually fol. by up).
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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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