Sound from a bird or a cricket Crossword Clue

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Sound from a bird or a cricket Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. make high-pitched sounds
2. sing in modulation
(noun)
1. a sharp sound made by small birds or insects

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CRICKET (noun)
1. a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
2. leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
CRICKET (verb)
1. play cricket
SOUND (noun)
1. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
2. the subjective sensation of hearing something
SOUND (adjective)
1. logically valid
2. having legal efficacy or force
SOUND (verb)
1. measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
2. make a certain noise or sound

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