Talk:chirk

I don't understand the usage notes. What is suppletive here? It looks like a regular form. Equinox ◑ 00:44, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Chirker and chirkest are the regular forms. Chirkier and chirkiest seem to be suppletive...or is intrusive 'i' a general phenomenon? - -sche (discuss) 16:47, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

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chirk

Rfv-sense "the sound of a spoon rapidly whisking around a pot or basin." quite specific. – Jberkel 01:07, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

The single given citation is from H. G. Wells' The Invisible Man (and I've now marked it as such), though it's an interjection there and not a noun. Seems like a nonce coinage. Equinox ◑ 01:28, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

RFV failed – Jberkel 14:02, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Is the verb always "chirk up"?

I had to move all the citations there. If "chirk" never occurs alone, we should not have those senses here. 2A00:23C5:FE1C:3701:1051:7725:5B14:15EF 01:20, 11 November 2024 (UTC)