chirm

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

chirm, n. [AS. cirm, cyrm.].

 Noise; din; esp.; confused noise, clamor, or hum of many voices, notes of birds, or the like.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

chirm, v. i. [Cf. AS. cyrman, cirman, to cry out. √24. Cf. Chirp.].

 To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird.  Huloet.  [1913 Webster]

chirm, n. [See Chirm.].

 Clamor, or confused noise; buzzing.  [1913 Webster]
"The churme of a thousand taunts and reproaches."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

chirm

babel, brouhaha, cheep, chip, chipper, chirrup, chitter, clamor, din, hubbub, hullabaloo, jangle, pandemonium, peep, racket, tweedle, tweet, twitter, uproar