English Explanatory Dictionary

chirk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To become happier.
  2. To make happier.
  3. To make the sound of a bird; to chirp.
adj
  1. lively; cheerful; in good spirits
name
  1. A small town and community with a town council in Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2937).

Word forms

chirk chirks chirking chirked chirker more chirk chirkest most chirk

Etymology

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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