chirpy, a. colloq.
(ˈtʃɜːpɪ)
[f. chirp + -y1.]
Given to chirping; cheerful, lively, merry, hilarious. (Cf. chirp v. 3.)
| 1837 J. Bates in Ht. Martineau Soc. Amer. III. 332 It makes me chirpy to think of Roseland. 1859 Lang Wand. India 19 The soup and a glass of wine set Jack up; and he becomes quite chirpy. 1882 Besant All Sorts xx. 146 Her ladyship put quite a chirpy face upon it. |