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cheep

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cheep

[cheep]
verb (used without object)
1.
to chirp; peep.
2.
Chiefly South Midland U.S. to reveal or tell a secret (usually used in the phrase cheep it).
verb (used with object)
3.
to express by cheeps.

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to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.
noun
4.
a chirp.

Origin:
1505–15; imitative

cheep·er, noun
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cheep (tʃiːp)
 
n
1.  the short weak high-pitched cry of a young bird; chirp
 
vb
2.  (intr) (of young birds) to utter characteristic shrill sounds
 
'cheeper
 
n

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cheep
1513, of imitative origin, originally Scottish.
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