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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.
–noun
4. a chirp.

Origin:
1505–15; imit.


cheeper, noun
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cheep   (chēp)   
n.  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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Word Origin & History

cheep  (v.)
1513, of imitative origin, originally Scottish.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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