cherup

English

Noun

cherup (plural cherups)

1. Archaic form of chirrup.

Verb

cherup (third-person singular simple present cherups, present participle cheruping or cherupping, simple past and past participle cheruped or cherupped)

1. Archaic form of chirrup.
   • 1598, Christopher Marlowe, Hero and Leander:

     Those with sweet water oft her handmaid fills,
     Which, as she went, would cherup through the bills.

References

• “cherup”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.