Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A faint, shrill sound like that of a young bird; a chirp.
- intransitive verb To make a faint, shrill sound or sounds; chirp.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To peep, as a chick; chirp; squeak; creak; make a sound resembling “cheep.”
- To utter in a chirping or peeping tone; pipe; chirp.
- noun A squeak, as of a mouse; a chirp; hence, a creak.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To chirp, as a young bird.
- noun A chirp, peep, or squeak, as of a young bird or mouse.
- transitive verb To give expression to in a chirping tone.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds sounding like "cheep".
- noun A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.
- interjection The short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the short weak cry of a young bird
- verb make high-pitched sounds
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Cheep cheep cheep is the salutation of the newcomer, the emigrant, the casual at the gates of the new world.
Chicks 1918
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However, he reached the point as which he aimed, but he had not been there a minute before he heard that peculiar sound of heavy blocks working, _cheep, cheep, cheep_.
The Three Midshipmen William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Yes | No | Report from radam wrote 13 weeks 6 days ago good way to keep it cheep is to make your own. every year when i go pheasant hunting i collect a few feathers and use them for flys in the up comming year
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Yes | No | Report from radam wrote 13 weeks 6 days ago good way to keep it cheep is to make your own. every year when i go pheasant hunting i collect a few feathers and use them for flys in the up comming year
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Maybe just put the pill in cheep cider - better targeting of the population in question. on August 3, 2006 at 7: 58 pm | Reply Daisy
The Wolf Who Cried Boy « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006
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Can anyone explain to me why you used the word cheep?
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The term "Piyo" means to cheep, which is sure to be what you'll hear inside your head once you see this adorable calendar.
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The A group contractor labor bill is much higher and the work goes faster but we chose the "cheep" route as my husband was on site full time to supervise and we have the philosophy, more time than money.
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That's a nice "cheep" Halloween getting to reuse all the costumes, I wish we didn't have to buy any, but Andrew has just grown to much.
Green Halloween Laurie 2008
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Those slender birds with narrow wings, with the white patches on the wings, that soar around in the evening, making nasal "cheep" sounds?
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2003
slumry commented on the word cheep
I had a pet chicken named cheep-cheep once, long long ago.
July 10, 2007