chirping

English

Verb

chirping

1. present participle of chirp

Noun

chirping (plural chirpings)

1. (gerund of chirp) An instance of chirping
   • Francis Bacon

     Let the songs be loud and cheerful, and not chirpings or pulings.

   • 2009, January 11, “Richard Lourie”, in Displaced Minds‎^[1]:

     Adler's prose seeks to catch the whispers and chirpings of insanity rather than the lamentations of suffering.