verb (thieves’).—1. To talk. For synonyms, see PATTER. Grose has CHIRPING MERRY = exhilarated with liquor.
1884. GREENWOOD, The True History of a Little Ragamuffin, xxx. I … firmly resolved to … ‘CHIRP,’ when I was taken before the magistrate to give evidence, as little as possible.
2. To inform. For synonyms, see PEACH.
