chirk

Meaning

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

Synonyms

cheer up

brace up

buck up

chirk up

chirp

creek

lively

wheeze

whistle

brighten up

become cheerful

spunk up

bear up

to make cheerful

Translations

opvrolijken

chillar

chirriar

çalmak

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: chirken

Inherited from Old English: 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.