chirm means A din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
chirm is pronounced /t͡ʃɜː(ɹ)m/.
Why “chirm” is a great word
CHIRM — [Noun, Verb] A din or confused noise, as of many voices or birdsong; to chirp or make a mournful cry. From Middle English chirmen ("to chirp, twitter") and chirm ("the call of various birds; chirping"), from Old English ċirman ("to make a noise, cry out") and ċirm, ċyrm, ċearm ("noise, cry, alarm"), from Proto-West Germanic *karmijan ("to make a sound") and *karmi, *karm, from Proto-Germanic *karmaz, *karmiz. Unlike chatter—sharp, rapid, and trivial—or clamor—loud, human, and demanding—chirm is a collective, blended, and often mournful resonance. It is the layered symphony of a dawn chorus in a wet wood, the distant hum of a marketplace heard from a tower, and the sorrowful keening of starlings gathered on a wire—the world's ambient murmur, which is neither for you nor about you.
Etymology
From Middle English chirmen (“to chirp, twitter”), from Old English ċirman (“to make a noise, cry out, shout”), from Proto-West Germanic *karmijan (“to make a sound”).
The noun is from Middle English chirm (“the call of various birds; chirping”), from Old English ċirm, ċyrm, ċearm (“noise, cry, alarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *karmi, *karm, from Proto-Germanic *karmaz, *karmiz. Doublet of charm (“sound, voices; group, flock”).
noun
- A din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc.
verb
- To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird does.“Chyrme or chur, as byrdes do.”