chirping

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of chirp

noun

1. (gerund of chirp) The act, or an instance of, chirping.
   We heard the peculiar note of the woodcock, which resembles the repeated croaking of the frog, followed by a sharp hissing sound, somewhat like the noisy chirping of the wagtail[.] 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 85
   Adler's prose seeks to catch the whispers and chirpings of insanity rather than the lamentations of suffering. January 11 2009, Richard Lourie, “Displaced Minds”, in New York Times