Also 7 chyrr. [f. prec. vb.] The sound described under CHIRR v.
c. 1600. Montgomerie, Sonn., xlviii. Sweet Philomene, with cheiping chyrris and charris.
1883. Spalding, in Romanes, Mental Evol. Anim., xi. 175. When a week old my turkey came on a bee right in its path…. It gave the danger chirr.
