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CHIRK UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become cheerful

Synonyms:

cheer; cheer up; chirk up

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "chirk up" is one way to...):

joy; rejoice (feel happiness or joy)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chirk up"):

exuberate; exult; jubilate; rejoice; triumph (to express great joy)

buoy up; lighten; lighten up (become more cheerful)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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