chirk up

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de devenir plus joyeux ou de remonter le moral de quelqu'un, souvent employé en anglais britannique.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of becoming more cheerful or making someone feel more cheerful, often used in British English.

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Become more cheerfulinformalamerican

   To become more lively, cheerful, or optimistic, often after a period of sadness or low spirits.

   reprendre de la gaieté

   • She finally chirked up after hearing the good news.
   • He tried to chirk up his friend with a joke.
   • The music helped everyone chirk up at the party.

   Synonymesbrightenbuck upcheer upliven upperk uprevivetake heart

   Antonymesbrooddesponddrooplanguishmopesulk

Verbe de basechirk