meep

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meep

  • /miːp/

Rhymes with -iːp

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Imitative

interjection

  1. onomatopoeic imitating a small animal's cry, particularly a kitten or small bird "Meep, meep, meep!" echoed his brothers and sisters. They all felt pleased with themselves for having learnt to call their mother …

    Similar: mew, meow, peep, chirp

  2. onomatopoeic imitating a small vehicle's high pitched horn

    Similar: beep

  3. informal, onomatopoeic expressing surprise, dismay, fear, or concern See Thesaurus:wow

noun meeps

  1. informal, onomatopoeic A high-pitched exclamation of fear or concern. Gilly cradled her daughter close, even when the baby let out a “meep” of protest before getting back to the business of nursing.

verb meeps · meeping · meeped

  1. informal, onomatopoeic To make a high-pitched exclamation. Her companions gathered round her, twittering and meeping sympathetically, but there was nothing that anyone could do.

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@misc{meep_2026,
  title = {meep},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/meep},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}