Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Cheerful; lively; chirpy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Cheerful; joyous; chatty.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective making chirruping noises

Etymologies

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chirrup +‎ -y

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Examples

  • Thank you, NaNoWriMo Master, for the motivation and THANK GOD I don't get those chirrupy messages argh!

    Today's Nanowrimo Inspirational Diatribe; Or, Don't Say We Never Did Anything For You 2009

  • From inside the pool house, she could hear the faint, chirrupy whisper of the ceiling fan.

    Claire de Lune Christine Johnson 2010

  • From inside the pool house, she could hear the faint, chirrupy whisper of the ceiling fan.

    Claire de Lune Christine Johnson 2010

  • There's nothing like learning jujutsu from a chirrupy-voiced upperclass English lady, as seen in this classic video from 1931.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Walter Jon Williams 2009

  • Net article receiving lots of comments, nearly all predictably of the "shut up, I'm right" and "don't make trouble where there is one" and "you're an idiot and WikiChix suck" variety, this chirrupy commentary concluded thatthe blogosphere was notprimarily male dominated based on a seriesof scientifically-conductedcounts of blogs, topics and genders of contributors.

    March 2009 2009

  • There's nothing like learning jujutsu from a chirrupy-voiced upperclass English lady, as seen in this classic video from 1931.

    England--- Home of Jujutsu Walter Jon Williams 2009

  • In short order she transforms the chirrupy Mary Whitehouse of those opening scenes into the steeliest of rebels with a cause.

    The Iron Matron 2008

  • You soon learned to say “bye bye” to me in this chirrupy voice, opening and closing your hand to wave at me.

    To Liza on Her First Birthday | Live Granades 2008

  • But his spirit was bitter and sere without Oba-chama's bright eyes and chirrupy voice.

    The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984

  • Cock Robin put his head first to one side, then to the other, and gave a funny, chirrupy laugh.

    The Story of a Robin Agnes S. Underwood

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