cheep

Etymology

Definitions

1. 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. 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.
3. 3

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

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   1. 4

      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.
   2. 5

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

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