cheep
to chirp; peep.
Chiefly South Midland U.S. to reveal or tell a secret (usually used in the phrase cheep it).
to express by cheeps.
a chirp.
Origin of cheep
1Other words from cheep
- cheeper, noun
Words Nearby cheep
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How to use cheep in a sentence
You could carve him to pieces without hearing a cheep, if he decided to keep his mouth shut.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairHe would "cheep" very loudly on these occasions and try harder than ever to get out.
But thy days the silence keep, Save for grosbeaks' feeble cheep, Or for snow-birds' busy twitter When thy breath is very bitter.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of EducationIt rose again—it was like a perplexing cheep and chirrup, changing to a chortle of glee.
A Reversible Santa Claus | Meredith NicholsonIt was very still and hot, and the cheep and trill of the gophers and the chatter of the kingbirds alone broke the silence.
Other Main-Travelled Roads | Hamlin Garland
British Dictionary definitions for cheep
/ (tʃiːp) /
the short weak high-pitched cry of a young bird; chirp
(intr) (of young birds) to utter characteristic shrill sounds
Derived forms of cheep
- cheeper, noun
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