cheep
verb/tʃiːp/
/tʃiːp/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cheep | /tʃiːp/ /tʃiːp/ |
| he / she / it cheeps | /tʃiːps/ /tʃiːps/ |
| past simple cheeped | /tʃiːpt/ /tʃiːpt/ |
| past participle cheeped | /tʃiːpt/ /tʃiːpt/ |
| -ing form cheeping | /ˈtʃiːpɪŋ/ /ˈtʃiːpɪŋ/ |
- (of young birds) to make short high sounds
- We heard the birds cheeping as their mother fed them.
Word Originearly 16th cent. (originally Scots): imitative (compare with the sound peep).
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