[f. as prec. + -ING2.]
1. That chirrups.
1826. Scott, Woodst., xxviii. Robin-redbreast[’s] chirruping song was heard.
1852. Mrs. Stowe, Uncle Tom’s C., I. xiii. 198. A wholesome, whole-hearted, chirruping little woman.
1859. Geo. Eliot, A. Bede, 63. The small chirruping voice … came from a little sunny-haired girl between three and four.
2. in chirruping cup, glass, etc. = CHIRPING cup, glass, etc. [perh. this is vbl. sb.]
1683. Tryon, Way to Health, 35. This Saturnine People may sometimes drink a Cherripping Glass or two, without any danger to their Health.
1687. T. Brown, Lib. Consc., in Dk. Buckingham’s Wks. (1705), II. 119. He wou’d take a Cherriping Cup off in a Corner.
1694. King, Animadv. Acc. Denmark, Wks. 1776, I. 84. A chirruping dose of brandy.
