chirrups

They spoke to each other without raised voices, in short chirrups as brief as bird-song, and when they moved about in their tiny kitchen they did so smoothly and blind, gliding on worn, familiar rails, never bumping or obstructing each other.

Cider With Rosie Lee, Laurie 1959

"Fuel For Fun!" chirrups the pay-off line, but what we seem to have here is a compact bundle of signifiers of a desperately over-caffeinated young generation moving at hyperspeed down an X Factor funnel, in lieu of what used to be called "childhood".

The Hard Sell: Weetabix Chocolate Spoonsize 2011

And our vigil was rewarded when we heard the pod begin to vocalise, communicating with each other in a series of far-carrying chirrups and clicks.

Country diary: South Uist 2011

Singing not a tentative exploratory song but a fully voiced-out pouring of trills and chirrups, a ceaseless stream of music falling note after note from the sky and carrying the promise of the spring almost upon us and of the summer to come.

Country diary: South Uist 2011

"What a start!" chirrups the chirpy-sounding John Ivens.

Pakistan v England: day two – live! | Andy Bull and Rob Smyth 2012

"I'm not sure about any professional players, but I have achieved playing football and music in the same stadium myself!" chirrups Neil.

Which club has put the most final nails in managerial coffins? | The Knowledge 2011

Ms Cheek's drum-beating mixes literary spin with estate agents 'patter: "Marlborough," she chirrups, "has robust connections with the UK's literary heritage – such greats as Siegfried Sassoon, Bruce Chatwin and William Golding – and an excellent range of venues with potential for both intimate and larger gatherings in historic, atmospheric buildings ..."

Goodbye New Labour – and farewell tedious ministers' memoirs 2010

“Develop a plan of organization and stick to it,” the text chirrups not so helpfully.

In the Basement of the Ivory Tower Professor X 2008

Riker heard the telltale chirrups that signaled an attempt to open communications.

Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light David R. George III 2010

( "He'll be in heaven before his head hits the ceiling!" chirrups the kid.)

Cemetery Junction; Four Lions; Hot Tub Time Machine 2010