- Chirk
- Original name in latin ChirkName in other language Chirk, Y WaunState code GBContinent/City Europe/Londonlongitude 52.93586latitude -3.05738altitude 107Population 3926Date 2011-03-03
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Chirk
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Chirk — Chirk, v. t. To cheer; to enliven; as, to chirk one up. [Colloq. New Eng. ] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chirk — Chirk, a. [From {Chirk}, v. i.] Lively; cheerful; in good spirits. [Colloq. New Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chirk|y — «CHUR kee», adjective, chirk|i|er chirk|i|est. U.S. Informal. lively; cheerful: »The score…is as chirky as a summer band concert (New Yorker) … Useful english dictionary
Chirk — Chirk, v. i. [Cf. {Chirp}, also {Creak}.] 1. To shriek; to gnash; to utter harsh or shrill cries. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] All full of chirkyng was that sorry place. Cheucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To chirp like a bird. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chirk — (spr. Tscherk), Dorf in der Grafschaft Denbigh (englisches Fürstenthum Wales), am Ellesmerekanal, der hier in einer 50 Fuß hohen steinernen Leitung über Thal u. Fluß Leiriog geführt wird; 1600 Ew. In der Nähe Steinkohlenminen … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Chirk — (spr. tschörk), Marktflecken in Denbighshire (Wales), am Ceiring, dessen Tal hier vom Ellesmere Kanal und einem Eisenbahnviadukt überschritten wird, mit Papierfabrikation und (1901) 4499 Einw. In der Nähe Brynkinalt, ein moderner gotischer Bau,… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
chirk — [chʉrk] vt., vi. [ME chirken, to twitter, var. of charken < OE cearcian, to creak, gnash] Informal to cheer ( up) … English World dictionary
Chirk — Coordinates: 52°55′49″N 3°03′01″W / 52.93026°N 3.05025°W / 52.93026; 3.05025 … Wikipedia
chirk up — verb To become more cheerful, perk up. She was terrified but in control. n. How, on the trip around the country my parents took the year after my birth, their mood sank so low that even my brother sensed it. Chirk up, guys, he said. Chirk up.… … Wiktionary
chirk — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English charken, chirken to creak, chirp, from Old English cearcian to creak; akin to Old English cracian to crack Date: 1843 cheer < play with her and chirk her up a little Harriet B. Stowe > … New Collegiate Dictionary
