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
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have cheepedperfect
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has cheepedperfect 3rd person singular
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have been cheepingperfect progressive
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am cheepingprogressive 1st person singular
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cheepingparticiple
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is cheepingprogressive 3rd person singular
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has been cheepingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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cheepssingular 3rd person
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are cheepingprogressive
Past
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had cheepedperfect
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was cheepingprogressive singular
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were cheepingprogressive plural
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cheepedsimple
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cheepedparticiple
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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
Carmine had given place to McPhee at quarter and Holt to Cheep at right end.
From Left Guard Gilbert by Caswell, Edward C.
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
"I bane like you, Cheep; zat I does!"
From The Auto Boys' Mystery by Braden, James A. (James Andrew)
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