a. colloq. [f. CHIRP + -Y1.] Given to chirping; cheerful, lively, merry, hilarious. (Cf. CHIRP v. 3.)
1837. J. Bates, in Ht. Martineau, Soc. Amer., III. 332. It makes me chirpy to think of Roseland.
1859. J. Lang, Wand. India, 19. The soup and a glass of wine set Jack up; and he becomes quite chirpy.
1882. Besant, All Sorts, xx. 146. Her ladyship put quite a chirpy face upon it.
