different between chiro vs chirk

English

Etymology

Shortening of chiropractor, chiropractic.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ka?.?o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ka?.???/
• Homophone: Cairo
• Rhymes: -a????

Noun

chiro (countable and uncountable, plural chiros)

1. (informal, countable) A chiropractor.
2. (informal, uncountable) Chiropractic.

Anagrams

• choir, chori, ichor

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• chiãro

Etymology

From Greek ?????? (kairós).

Noun

chiro m (definite articulation chirolu)

1. time

See also

• etã, vãcãti, zãmani
• oarã

Palauan

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ? (iro, “color”).

Noun

chiro

1. color, dye

   Synonym: bedengel

English

Etymology

From Middle English chirken, cherken, charken, from Old English ?ircian, ?earcian, ?ærcian (“to chatter, creak; chirk, chirp”), a metathetic variant of Old English cracian (“to crack, sound, ring out, resound”), from Proto-Germanic *krak?n? (“to make a noise, crack”).

Verb

chirk (third-person singular simple present chirks, present participle chirking, simple past and past participle chirked)

1. (intransitive, especially as "chirk up") To become happier.
2. (transitive, especially as "chirk up") To make happier.
3. To make the sound of a bird; to chirp.

Adjective

chirk (comparative chirker or more chirk, superlative chirkest or most chirk)

1. (colloquial, US, chiefly New England) lively; cheerful; in good spirits

Usage notes

• The comparative and superlative forms of chirky — chirkier and chirkiest — are sometimes used suppletively as comparative and superlative forms of chirk.

Scots

Alternative forms

• chairk, jirg

Etymology

From Old English cracian, ?earcian, ?iercian, from Proto-Germanic *krak?n? (“to crack; crackle; shriek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t??rk], [t??rk]

Noun

chirk (plural chirks)

1. a harsh grating or creaking noise
2. (geology, North Northern, Orkney, Shetland) wet gravelly subsoil

Verb

chirk (third-person singular present chirks, present participle chirkin, past chirkit, past participle chirkit)

1. to make a harsh, strident noise
2. (of a door) to creak
3. (of the teeth or gums) to gnash, rub together
4. to make a squelching noise

Derived terms

• chirker (“house-cricket”)