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Answer for the clue "Nighttime chirpers ", 8 letters:
crickets

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is a 2006 Japanese drama film directed by Shinji Aoyama .

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n. 1 (plural of cricket English) 2 (context US slang humorous English) Absolute silence; no communication. Derived from the cinematic metaphor of chirping crickets at night, signaling (otherwise) complete quiet. May be used alone or in metaphorically descriptive ...

Usage examples of crickets.

Jill grinned, hearing the drone of cicadas and crickets on the night air.

Beyond the high walls, the crickets and cicadas hummed their ceaseless song, a soothing reminder that there was still a sane world outside.

She could hear crickets singing faintly, feel the fresh night air wafting toward her through the frigid mustiness of the house.

They might look like Jerusalem crickets from up here, but they wore clothes, drove machines, and they had built themselves that fine city.

Don saw himself, a Sky Giant with blue trees sticking out between his bare toes, looking down at the little people like Jerusalem crickets, begging them humbly to help his world.

The little crickets appreciated nature, and the toy-world was remarkably clean and well organized.

He heard an excited squeaking of many voices, voices like crickets rubbing their legs together.

Even if he had succeeded in jolting the chariot out of its orbit, sent it crashing down on Kastupanenagua and killing countless innocent crickets, what good would that have done?

The place was dark and quiet except for the sound of crickets and our feet crunching on the white gravel.