to cheep
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3.9
- verb
- /tʃiːp/
:
piar
- And the birds are tweet tweeting, cheeping, chirping.
- a bird cheeping
Examples
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Let's imagine a garden with trees and birds cheeping.
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The kitten woke several times, cheeping plaintively.
Fiction book (1994) -
The birds cheeped and quarreled, then flew off in a flurry of feathers, leaving the lucky worm untouched.
Fiction book (2002) -
In the early morning, the chicks were cheeping softly as they looked for their mother.
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As we walked through the park, we could hear the young birds cheeping in the trees.
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The newly hatched chicks began cheeping loudly, calling for food from their parents.
Synonyms
82
1.4
To make a short high sound when things move or rub together
47
7.0
To make a high thin sound like a small bird or child
34
1.0
To make a short, high sound like a small bird, insect, or electronic device
4
2.7
To make a short, high sound like a small bird
3
8.0
To make short high noises like a small bird's call
2
1.5
To make a short high sound like a baby bird
1
4.4
To make a series of short, high bird sounds
1
7.9
To make a soft high sound like a kitten
To make repeated short, high sounds like small birds or insects
How High-Pitched
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word cheep comes from copying the tiny sound young birds make, the sound 'cheep-cheep'. Like the familiar word chirp, to cheep means to make that short, high sound.