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twirp

Etymology 1 interj. An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn. Etymology 2

n. (alternative spelling of twerp English)

WordNet
twirp
  1. n. someone who is regarded as contemptible [syn: twerp, twit]

  2. v. make a weak, chirping sound; "the small bird was tweeting in the tree" [syn: tweet]

  3. make high-pitched sounds; of birds [syn: peep, cheep, chirp, chirrup]

Usage examples of "twirp".

Peters had been an ordinary unlovable sort of twirp, I supposed, and he was being buried in an ordinary unloved way.

I walked on, increasing my pace, trying not to jump at every chitter and twirp that sounded in the bushes as I passed.

Muster Montgomery is a sniveling snipe and a snirtling twirp, overweeningly ombitious and utterly unscrupulous!

Van Tilburg Clark, Mark Harris, Herb Gold and other twirps to his pad and get them all drunk on good old Red Mountain.