chirk

Significado (Inglês)

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

Sinônimos

cheer up

brace up

buck up

chirk up

chirp

creek

lively

wheeze

whistle

brighten up

become cheerful

spunk up

bear up

to make cheerful

Traduções

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chillar

chirriar

çalmak

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: chirken

Herdado de inglês arcaico: 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.