cheep
verb (used without object)
to chirp; peep.
was cheeping
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past progressiveof cheep.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Coming down stairs half an hour later I heard her remonstrating with Mike, who was cheeping wildly.
From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Katharine Lee Bates
A lively chickadee was cheeping from a tall spruce, and a bold camp-robber was hopping in front of the cabin door picking up morsels of food which were occasionally cast forth.
From The Fourth Watch by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody
A bird was cheeping in the jasmine bush when I dropped asleep, and when I awoke he was cheeping there still.
From The Adventures of Harry Revel by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The wood warbler was cheeping inquiringly at this sudden change in the deportment of his friend behind the shoulder of shale.
From The Flaming Forest by James Oliver Curwood
