Chirkとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

chirk (三人称単数 現在形 chirks, 現在分詞 chirking, 過去形および過去分詞形 chirked)

1. (intransitive, especially as "chirk up") To become happier.
   • 1917, Sewell Ford, Wilt Thou Torchy‎^[1]:

   • 1908, Grace Livingston Hill Lutz, Marcia Schuyler‎^[2]:

     Now you jest wipe your eyes and chirk up.

   • 1894, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), Tom Sawyer Abroad‎^[3]:

     "Go ahead," he says, and I see Jim chirk up to listen.

2. (transitive, especially as "chirk up") To make happier.
   • 1912, Zona Gale, Christmas‎^[4]:

     But--" "Well, I think," said Mis' Jane Moran, "that we've hit on the only way we could have hit on to chirk each other up over a hard time."

3. To make the sound of a bird; to chirp.

形容詞

chirk (comparative chirker または more chirk, superlative chirkest または most chirk)

1. (colloquial, US, chiefly New England) lively; cheerful; in good spirits

使用する際の注意点

• The comparative and superlative forms of chirky — chirkier and chirkiest — are sometimes used suppletively as comparative and superlative forms of chirk.