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cheep

to chirp or peep

Not to be confused with:

cheap – not expensive; poor; shoddy

cheep

(chēp)

A faint, shrill sound like that of a young bird; a chirp.

intr.v. cheeped, cheep·ing, cheeps

To make a faint, shrill sound or sounds; chirp.

[Imitative.]

cheep′er n.

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cheep

(tʃiːp)

(Zoology) the short weak high-pitched cry of a young bird; chirp

(Zoology) (intr) (of young birds) to utter characteristic shrill sounds

ˈcheeper n

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cheep

(tʃip)

v.i.

1. to chirp; peep.

v.t.

2. to express by cheeps.

3. a chirp.

[1505–15; imitative]

cheep′er, n.

cheep

Past participle: cheeped
Gerund: cheeping

Imperative
cheep
cheep

Present
I cheep
you cheep
he/she/it cheeps
we cheep
you cheep
they cheep

Preterite
I cheeped
you cheeped
he/she/it cheeped
we cheeped
you cheeped
they cheeped

Present Continuous
I am cheeping
you are cheeping
he/she/it is cheeping
we are cheeping
you are cheeping
they are cheeping

Present Perfect
I have cheeped
you have cheeped
he/she/it has cheeped
we have cheeped
you have cheeped
they have cheeped

Past Continuous
I was cheeping
you were cheeping
he/she/it was cheeping
we were cheeping
you were cheeping
they were cheeping

Past Perfect
I had cheeped
you had cheeped
he/she/it had cheeped
we had cheeped
you had cheeped
they had cheeped

Future
I will cheep
you will cheep
he/she/it will cheep
we will cheep
you will cheep
they will cheep

Future Perfect
I will have cheeped
you will have cheeped
he/she/it will have cheeped
we will have cheeped
you will have cheeped
they will have cheeped

Future Continuous
I will be cheeping
you will be cheeping
he/she/it will be cheeping
we will be cheeping
you will be cheeping
they will be cheeping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cheeping
you have been cheeping
he/she/it has been cheeping
we have been cheeping
you have been cheeping
they have been cheeping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cheeping
you will have been cheeping
he/she/it will have been cheeping
we will have been cheeping
you will have been cheeping
they will have been cheeping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cheeping
you had been cheeping
he/she/it had been cheeping
we had been cheeping
you had been cheeping
they had been cheeping

Conditional
I would cheep
you would cheep
he/she/it would cheep
we would cheep
you would cheep
they would cheep

Past Conditional
I would have cheeped
you would have cheeped
he/she/it would have cheeped
we would have cheeped
you would have cheeped
they would have cheeped

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Noun	1.	cheep - the short weak cry of a young bird peep cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"
Verb	1.	cheep - make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes" chirp, chirrup, peep let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" chitter, twitter - make high-pitched sounds, as of birds

Translations

زَقْزَقَةُ الطُّيورصَوْتُ الزَّقْزَقَهيُزَقْزِقُ الطَّيْر

hlespípánípípatpípnutípískat

kvidrekvidrenlydpippepippen

piep Pieps Piepsen

bruit piaulement piauler

pisszenés

píp, tíst, orîtísttísta

pigolare pigolio

cypsėjimascypsėtigarsasžodis

čiepstēšanačiepstētčiepstiens

kvidder kvitre kvitring

muk

çıt sesicıvılda makcıvıldamacıvıltı ötmek

一点声音吱吱地叫吱吱地叫声

cheep

[tʃiːp]

A. N [of bird] → pío m

B. VI → piar

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cheep

[ˈtʃiːp]

n [bird] → piaulement m

vi [bird] → piauler

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cheep

n → Piep m, → Piepser m

vi → piepsen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cheep

[tʃiːp]

1. n (of bird) → pigolio

2. vi → pigolare

cheep

(tʃiːp) verb

to make the shrill sound of a young bird.

noun

1. such a sound.

2. a single sound or word. I have not heard a cheep from the baby since he went to bed.

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References in classic literature ?

One farmer said that it was "good for nothing but to raise cheeping squirrels on." I put no manure whatever on this land, not being the owner, but merely a squatter, and not expecting to cultivate so much again, and I did not quite hoe it all once.

View in context

The serpent ate the poor cheeping things, while the old bird flew about lamenting her little ones; but the serpent threw his coils about her and caught her by the wing as she was screaming.

View in context

What with the loud cheeping that the chicks were making, I was sure she'd return to them.

Calves are dancing for joy in heat; THE YORKSHIRE SHEPHERDESS

The Very Worried Sparrow cannot enjoy the experiences of each day like his cheeping nest mates.

The Very Worried Sparrow

It was the trilling and cheeping that first drew my attention.

Carol's favourite

As I went into Sr Mall I heard loud cheeping. Lots of tiny yellow ducklings in cages were being taken upstairs.

I despair..

The thought of future generations not hearing a cheeky house sparrow cheeping or having the opportunity to see creatures like polar bears and tigers, is terribly sad.

Thanks for every reader's support; letters@coventrytelegraph.net Letters letters@coventrytelegraph.net

Saving nature may sound like a huge undertaking, but the thought of future generations not hearing a cheeky house sparrow cheeping - or having the opportunity to see creatures like polar bears and tigers - is terribly sad.

Supporting RSPB's mission to save life

Postman Urs Schmidli, 55, who took the picture in his garden in Sherz, Switzerland, said: "It really looked like the male could not put up with any more female cheeping."