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14 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• chirk n. The sound of a spoon rapidly whisking around a pot or basin.
• chirk v. (Intransitive, especially as "chirk up") To become happier.
• chirk v. (Transitive, especially as "chirk up") To make happier.
• chirk v. To make the sound of a bird; to chirp.
• chirk adj. (Colloquial, US, chiefly New England) lively; cheerful; in good spirits.
• Chirk prop.n. A small town in Wrexham county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2937).

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Scots
  • chirk n. A harsh grating or creaking noise.
  • chirk n. (Geology, North Northern Scots, Orkney, Shetland) wet gravelly subsoil.
  • chirk v. To make a harsh, strident noise.
  • chirk v. (Of a door) to creak.
  • chirk v. (Of the teeth or gums) to gnash, rub together.
  • chirk v. To make a squelching noise.

— English word, defined in French —

• Chirk n.prop. (Géographie) Chirk.

— In French —

• Chirk n.prop. (Géographie) Ville du Pays de Galles situé dans l’autorité…

62 English words from 12 English definitions

around basin become bird borough cheerful chiefly chirk chirk␣up chirp Colloquial county county␣borough creak creaking door England especially Geology gnash good good␣spirits grating gravelly grid gums happier harsh in␣good␣spirits Intransitive lively make New New␣England noise North Northern of␣a Orkney pot rapidly ref rub Scots Shetland small small␣town sound spirits spoon squelching strident subsoil teeth the together town Transitive Wales wet whisking Wrexham

3 English words from 2 foreign definitions

Chirk dans Pays

6 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

autorité Galles Géographie Pays␣de␣Galles situé Ville

9 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

chirks chirky chirked chirker chirk␣up chirkest chirkier chirking chirkiest

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

chi Chi CHI Ch'i Chi. chir- hir irk Irk

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

IHC Kri KRI

10 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Chakri chikor chirks chirky chokri Ekirch hickry kirsch Kirsch kurchi

9 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

chir- crik hick Hick khir rich Rich rick Rick

16 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

chark chick Chick chink Chink Chira chirl chirm chiro chiro- chirp chirr chiru chork shirk Shirk

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

chir-

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