chirk

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To become happier.
2. To make happier.
3. To make the sound of a bird; to chirp.

Adj

lively; cheerful; in good spirits

Synonymes

cheer up

brace up

buck up

chirk up

chirp

creek

lively

wheeze

whistle

brighten up

become cheerful

spunk up

bear up

to make cheerful

Traductions

opvrolijken

chillar

chirriar

çalmak

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: chirken

Hérité de ancien anglais: ċearcian

In summary

From Middle English chirken, cherken, charken, from Old English ċearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakċną (“to make a sound, crack”). Doublet of chark. Related also to crake, crack.