Twirp

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)p

Onomatopoeia, like chirp.

Full definition of twirp

Interjection

1. An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn.
• 1898, Metropolitan: Volume 7, page 520:The hounds are impatient. "Twirp, twirp, twirp!" goes the horn, and "Crack, crack, crack!" responds the whip. It is a chorus that stirs the blood of the veteran as well as that of the uninitiated fox-hunter.
• 1996, Garrett Barbuto, Boy's Life, August, page 54:The first guy climbed up a tree and the farmer yelled, "Who is in my tree?" "Twirp, twirp," replied the first guy. ... "Meow," replied the second guy.

Unknown, possibly derived from the onomatopoeia. See twerp.

Noun

1. Alternative spelling of twerp
• 1924, Munsey's Magazine: Volume 81, page 561:Don't be such a twirp. I'll be back in twenty minutes. Watch the clock! Time me! I'm going to take the bus.