chirping
n.— «SprintNextel service offers both traditional and direct-connect options. Direct-connect operates like a walkie-talkie and is sometimes called “chirping.”» —“Cell records put suspect near scene, expert says” by Lara Brenckle Patriot-News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) May 10, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Quiz Guy John Chaneski’s presents a “take-off” puzzle, in which a clue suggests two words, one of which is a letter shorter because its first letter is taken off. For example, what two words are clued by the following sentence? The...
Amid court-ordered busing in the 1970s, a middle-school teacher tried to distract her nervous students on the first day of class with this strange assignment: find a monarch caterpillar. The result? A memorable lesson in the miracle of metamorphosis...