Twirp vs Twirl - What's the difference?
twirp | twirl |
An imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn.
* 1898 , Metropolitan: Volume 7 , page 520:
* 1996 , Garrett Barbuto, Boy's Life , August, page 54:
* 1924 , Munsey's Magazine: Volume 81 , page 561:
As nouns the difference between twirp and twirl
is that twirp is while twirl is a movement where one spins round elegantly; a pirouette.As an interjection twirp
is an imitation of the sound of a bird or a horn.As a verb twirl is
to perform a twirl.twirp
English
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeia, like chirp .Interjection
(en interjection)- The hounds are impatient. "Twirp', '''twirp''', ' twirp !" goes the horn, and "Crack, crack, crack!" responds the whip. It is a chorus that stirs the blood of the veteran as well as that of the uninitiated fox-hunter.
- The first guy climbed up a tree and the farmer yelled, "Who is in my tree?" "Twirp', ' twirp ," replied the first guy. "Meow," replied the second guy.
Etymology 2
, possibly derived from the onomatopoeia. See twerp .Noun
(en noun)- Don't be such a twirp . I'll be back in twenty minutes. Watch the clock! Time me! I'm going to take the bus.