[ad_1] verb (used without object)
- to make a characteristic shrill, trilling sound, as a grasshopper.
noun
- the sound of chirring.
verb
- (intr) (esp of certain insects, such as crickets) to make a shrill trilled sound
noun
- the sound of chirring
c.1600, echoic of a grasshopper’s trill. Related: Chirred; chirring.