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cheep
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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;
imitative
Related forms
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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Word Origin & History
cheep
1513, of imitative origin, originally Scottish.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
It was that squeaky
cheep
-chirp that sticks in your mind when you spend some time around them.
Not to mention globalizations,
cheep
overseas labor and computer innovations.
There are some great new products out there--but they ain't
cheep
.
These more protected birds can stay in the nest and
cheep
for the parents to
bring them food.
It sounds to me that the fish farms were looking for a
cheep
food source.
Those bars have seldom more to offer than one sort of rum and a
cheep
brand of cigarettes.
It should be relatively
cheep
to design, build, and test on the fans that cool our computers.
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