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real chirper

real chirper

8.4
A cheerful, talkative person who makes others feel happy
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : charlatán
  • Everyone enjoyed having Emily at parties because she was a real chirper and kept the conversation lively.

Examples

  • Our new neighbor is a real chirper, always greeting everyone with a smile and a story.

  • If you need to brighten your day, just spend time with a real chirper like Kevin.

  • She is a real chirper in the office.

  • I love how he is such a real chirper!

  • Everyone enjoyed having Emily at parties because she was a real chirper and kept the conversation lively.

  • If you need to brighten your day, just spend time with a real chirper like Kevin.

  • Our new neighbor is a real chirper, always greeting everyone with a smile and a story.

Synonyms

chirper
vsreal chirper
  • Informal
5.5

A cheerful person who talks in a lively, happy way

is notably cheerful and talkative across situations rather than only animated speech

Antonyms

silent
397 1.0

Not speaking when people expect an answer

gloomy
29 2.5

Feeling sad and without much hope

How Cheerful

real chirper
  • UK
8.4
chirper
  • Informal
5.5

Surface Forms

real chirper singular
real chirpers plural

Morphology

real + chirper

The meaning 'a notably cheerful and talkative person' is directly derived from combining 'real' as an intensifier with 'chirper' (a cheerful, talkative person). This simple intensifier + noun composition is a common, compositional pattern in English and would be interpretable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Real chirper comes from the image of a small bird that keeps chirping, so a chirper is like a bird that makes happy, noisy sounds and real just makes it stronger. So a real chirper means a person who is very 'cheerful' and 'talkative'.