chirpnoun/t͡ʃɜːp/

• 1

  A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.

• 2

  A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse; the quality of having a such a variation in frequency.

  • The long fiber lengths required to linearize the chirp can then be used […]

chirpverb/t͡ʃɜːp/

• 1

  To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets; to chitter; to twitter.

  • "Well, I suppose you didn't come out of the egg either before you could chirp," said the woman who was on the egg.
• 2

  To speak in a high-pitched staccato.

• 3

  To modify (a pulse of signal) so that it sweeps through a band of frequencies throughout its duration.

• 4

  obsoleteTo cheer up; to make (someone) happier.

• 5

  To speak rapid insulting comical banter back and forth; to bicker or argue.

• 6

  obsoleteslangTo inform on someone; snitch.