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
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
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
