twirp
interjection, noun
twirp is an interjection meaning “An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-W-I-R-P, and it appears about once in every 72 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does twirp mean?
interjection
- 1
An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of twerp.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of twirp
- twirps plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is twirp?
Twirp appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does twirp come from?
Onomatopoeia, like chirp.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).