cheep

American  

[cheep] / tʃip /

verb (used without object)

1. to chirp; peep.

2. Chiefly South Midland U.S. to reveal or tell a secret (usually used in the phrasecheep it ).

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verb (used with object)

1. to express by cheeps.

noun

1. a chirp.

cheep British  

/ tʃiːp /

noun

1. the short weak high-pitched cry of a young bird; chirp

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verb

1. (intr) (of young birds) to utter characteristic shrill sounds

Other Word Forms

• cheeper
  noun

Etymology

Origin of cheep

First recorded in 1505–15; imitative

Example Sentences

"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

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 as day begins to peep, When I hear his cheery "Cheep" I am ready to admit I am his debtor I delight in red-browed finches And all birds of scanty inches.

From A Book for Kids by Dennis, C. J. (Clarence James)

"Cheep, cheep, chickeree," sang one bird to another.

From Nine Little Goslings by Coolidge, Susan