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chirp

/t͡ʃɚp/ noun A2
  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.

Plural chirps

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Who would chirp you to sleep, or call for you the covey of answering birds?” The Birdcatcher spared his life, and determined to pick out a fine young Cock just attaining to his comb.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 45 · B2

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