chack-chack
[Imitative.]
The cry of the fieldfare and wheatear. Also as v. Cf. chack v.1 and chack n. 3.
| 1906 Westm. Gaz. 29 Dec. 16/3 The hoarse ‘chack-chack’ of the fieldfare. 1908 Ibid. 21 Mar. 14/1 Even if you only hear his [sc. the wheatear's] sharp note ‘Chack-chack’. 1930 E. W. Hendy Wild Exmoor 236 Stonechats ‘chack-chack’ from the top of a spray. |