meep

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   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 …
2. 2

   imitating a small vehicle's high pitched horn

3. 3

   expressing surprise, dismay, fear, or concern

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   1. 4

      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.
   2. 5

      To make a high-pitched exclamation.

      • Her companions gathered round her, twittering and meeping sympathetically, but there was nothing that anyone could do.
      • He cried out, as if he meant it as a joke, "When I was Richard's age I nearly died of pneumonia." "Darling, it is cold," Ariah meeped, and put her mitten on his.

The neighborhood

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