cheep
noun
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L22068 on Wikidata ↗verb
- to chirp; peep
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /t͡ʃiːp/
intj
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
- The short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.
noun
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
- A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.
- A similar-sounding short high-pitched sound
“The radiation trackers clipped to our protective overalls let off soft cheeps, their frequency varying as radioactivity levels changed around us.”
verb
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
- Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds.
“[…] a brood of ducklings, which had lost their mother, filed into the barn, cheeping feebly and wandering from side to side […]”
- To express in a chirping tone.
“O Swallow, Swallow, if I could follow, and light / Upon her lattice, I would pipe and trill, / And cheep and twitter twenty million loves.”