Obs. [Imitative of sound.]
1. Of chickens: To chirp, cheep.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 74. Chykkyn’, as hennys byrdys [1499 chycke, as henne byrdes], pipio, pululo. Ibid. Chykkynge, or wyppynge of yonge byrdys [K. H. chickyng or ȝippyng of bryddys], pupulatus, pupulacio.
2. Sc. To tick as a clock or watch. (Jamieson).
