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cheeper

cheeper

1 5.3
A young bird that makes high, soft chirping sounds
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃiːpər/
translation icon : pajarito
  • I heard the soft sound of a cheeper coming from the nest in the garden.

Examples

  • As spring arrived, the cheepers filled the air with their cheerful tunes.

  • Hey, little cheeper.

    The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

  • The cheeper was perched on a branch, chirping excitedly as the sun rose.

Synonyms

twitterer
vscheeper
8.2

A small bird that makes short high musical sounds

focuses on young age rather than on the bird's sound pattern
tweeter
vscheeper
3.0

A small bird that makes short, high sounds

focuses on young age rather than small body size
chirper
vscheeper
4.5

A small animal that makes short high sounds like bird calls

refers specifically to a young bird rather than to people or animals

Antonyms

adult
110 1.0

Fully grown and mature

How Young

hatchling
12 3.5
nestling
  • Specialized
2 5.6
cheeper
1 5.3
chick
123 1.0
fledgling
2 6.1

Surface Forms

cheeper singular
cheepers plural

Morphology

cheeper = cheep (transparent) = cheep + er

Derived from 'cheep' + '-er' where the resulting noun denotes a creature (often a chick) that cheeps, so the meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word cheeper comes from the small bird sound cheep, which copies the tiny 'short, high sound' chicks make. So a cheeper is simply a young bird that 'cheeps' when it wants food or attention.