Chirr

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  • noun. A harsh trilling sound, such as the one a cricket makes.
  • intransitive verb. To make a harsh trilling sound.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A monotonous, sharp, stridulous sound such as that made by the cricket or cicada.
  • To murmur or coo as a pigeon.
  • To utter a tremulous, rattling sound; make a shrill jarring noise, such as that made by the cricket or cicada; chirp.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make a prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada).
  • noun. The trilled sound made by an insect.
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  • verb. make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas
  • Word Usage
    "Like a bad dream they faded away and the soothing chirr of the crickets returned and once again she slept."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    emit  let loose  let out  utter  
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    verb-form
    chirred  chirring  chirrs