- Cheeped
- Cheep \Cheep\ (ch[=e]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cheeped} (ch[=e]pt).] [Cf. {Chirp}]. To chirp, as a young bird. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Cheeped
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cheeped — tʃiËp n. faint shrill sound, peep, twitter v. utter faint shrill sounds, peep, twitter … English contemporary dictionary
cheep — UK [tʃiːp] / US [tʃɪp] verb [intransitive] Word forms cheep : present tense I/you/we/they cheep he/she/it cheeps present participle cheeping past tense cheeped past participle cheeped if a bird cheeps, it makes short high sounds Derived word:… … English dictionary
Cheep — (ch[=e]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cheeped} (ch[=e]pt).] [Cf. {Chirp}]. To chirp, as a young bird. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cheep — (v.) 1510s, of imitative origin, originally Scottish. Related: Cheeped; cheeping. The noun is attested by 1774 … Etymology dictionary
chirp — vb Chirp, chirrup, cheep, peep, tweet, twitter, chitter can all mean as verbs to make the little sounds character istic of small animals and as nouns the little sounds so made, and all can be extended to sounds and the making of sounds (as by… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
