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chirr

  [chur]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to make a characteristic shrill, trilling sound, as a grasshopper.
–noun
2. the sound of chirring.
Also, chirre, churr.

Origin:
1590–1600; alter. of chirp
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chirr   (chûr)   
n.  A harsh trilling sound, such as that made by crickets.
intr.v.   chirred, chirr·ing, chirrs
To make a harsh trilling sound.

[Imitative.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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