cheep
Americanverb (used without object)
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to chirp; peep.
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Chiefly South Midland U.S. to reveal or tell a secret (usually used in the phrasecheep it ).
verb (used with object)
noun
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Present
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cheepsimple
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cheepssimple
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have cheepedperfect
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has cheepedperfect
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am cheepingprogressive
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are cheepingprogressive
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is cheepingprogressive
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have been cheepingperfect progressive
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has been cheepingperfect progressive
Past
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cheepedsimple
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had cheepedperfect
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was cheepingprogressive
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were cheepingprogressive
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had been cheepingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of cheep
First recorded in 1505–15; imitative
Example Sentences
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"Where's your w-i-i-i-fe gone, where's your wife gone?" they will sing in the manner of Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep when Tiger Woods steps on to the tee.
From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2010
Two days later detectives heard strange sounds�cacklings, scratchings, cries of "Cheep, cheep" �from the squad room.
From Time Magazine Archive
She is quite sure that she understands the language of her big dog Tom, and of little Cheep her canary.
From Our Children Scenes from the Country and the Town by Boutet de Monvel, Louis-Maurice
Cheep, chēp, v.i. to chirp, as a young bird.—n. any similar sound.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
But they can't undo natur—as sure as ever the morning begins to peep, Directly I open my eyes, I can't help calling out Sweep As natural as the sparrows among the chimbley-pots, that say Cheep!
From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Hood, Thomas
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