cheep

verb, noun, intj — 5 senses

cheep

verb

/t͡ʃiːp/

Etymology Onomatopoeic.

1

Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds.

[…] a brood of ducklings, which had lost their mother, filed into the barn, cheeping feebly and wandering from side to side […]1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

2

To express in a chirping tone.

O Swallow, Swallow, if I could follow, and light / Upon her lattice, I would pipe and trill, / And cheep and twitter twenty million loves.1847, Tennyson, “O Swallow, Swallow, flying South”, in The Princess, lines 7–9:

cheep

noun

Etymology Onomatopoeic.

1

A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.

2

A similar-sounding short high-pitched sound

The radiation trackers clipped to our protective overalls let off soft cheeps, their frequency varying as radioactivity levels changed around us.December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian:

cheep

intj

Etymology Onomatopoeic.

1

The short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.

Derived terms: cheeper, cheepy
Related terms: chirp, peep

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