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chirk

uncommon us

verb

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make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird

Origin

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

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