cheep

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cheep

  • /t͡ʃiːp/

Sounds like cheap · Rhymes with -iːp

Where it comes from

Onomatopoeic.

verb cheeps · cheeping · cheeped

  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 […]
  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.

noun cheeps

  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.

interjection

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

Translations

Every language

verb make high-pitched sounds

Portuguêspiar
Françaispiailler, chanter
Ελληνικάκελαηδώ kelaïdó
Русскийчири́кать čiríkatʹ

intj short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird

Françaiscui-cui
Русскийчири́к čirík, чик-чири́к čik-čirík
Tiếng Việtchiếp chiếp

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@misc{cheep_2026,
  title = {cheep},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cheep},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}