Chiffchaff

Origin

Echoic of its repetitive "chiff-chaff" song of the European

species Phylloscopus collybita.

Alternative forms

• chiff-chaff

Full definition of chiffchaff

Noun

1. A small, common warbler, , with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia.
2. Any of several other species of the same genus.
3. (UK, onomatopoeic, uncountable) the song of the chiffchaff.I thought I heard something singing chiffchaff, chiffchaff. So I had a look and there was a chiffchaff.

Derived terms

• Iberian chiffchaff,
• Canary Islands chiffchaff,
• Western Canary Islands chiffchaff,
• Eastern Canary Islands chiffchaff,
• mountain chiffchaff,