"cheep" meaning in English

See cheep in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /t͡ʃiːp/ Audio: Black-winged stilt calls at Oued Martil of Tetouan, Morocco.wav , en-us-cheep.ogg [US]
enPR: chēp Rhymes: -iːp Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onom|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-interj}} cheep
  1. The short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird. Categories (topical): Animal sounds Translations (short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird): писукане (pisukane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), čiřikání (Czech), cui-cui (French), gíog [feminine] (Irish), чири́к (čirík) (Russian), чик-чири́к (čik-čirík) (Russian), cıvıltı (Turkish), chiếp chiếp (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-cheep-en-intj-livYsR-N Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 26 26 23 23 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 29 17 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 25 28 21 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 28 21 2 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 25 25 25 21 3

Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃiːp/ Audio: Black-winged stilt calls at Oued Martil of Tetouan, Morocco.wav , en-us-cheep.ogg [US] Forms: cheeps [plural]
enPR: chēp Rhymes: -iːp Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onom|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-noun}} cheep (plural cheeps)
  1. A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird. Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-cheep-en-noun-88EqgNaW Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 26 26 23 23 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 29 17 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 25 28 21 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 28 21 2 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 25 25 25 21 3
  2. A similar-sounding short high-pitched sound Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-cheep-en-noun-kw10yOZi Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 26 26 23 23 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 29 17 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 25 28 21 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 28 21 2 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 25 25 25 21 3

Verb

IPA: /t͡ʃiːp/ Audio: Black-winged stilt calls at Oued Martil of Tetouan, Morocco.wav , en-us-cheep.ogg [US] Forms: cheeps [present, singular, third-person], cheeping [participle, present], cheeped [participle, past], cheeped [past]
enPR: chēp Rhymes: -iːp Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onom|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-verb}} cheep (third-person singular simple present cheeps, present participle cheeping, simple past and past participle cheeped)
  1. Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds. Categories (topical): Animal sounds Translations (make high-pitched sounds): писукам (pisukam) (Bulgarian), piular (Catalan), xerrotejar (Catalan), čiřikat [imperfective] (Czech), sirkuttaa (Finnish), piailler (French), chanter (French), κελαηδώ (kelaïdó) (Greek), csipog (Hungarian), ciak (Indonesian), gíog (Irish), piauler (Norman), tuiter (Norman), piar (Portuguese), чири́кать (čiríkatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), cıvıldamak (Turkish), tchîper (Walloon), tchîpter (Walloon), tchîpyî (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-cheep-en-verb-O2-HMUDL Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 26 26 23 23 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 29 17 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 25 28 21 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 28 21 2 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 25 25 25 21 3 Disambiguation of 'make high-pitched sounds': 95 5
  2. To express in a chirping tone.
    Sense id: en-cheep-en-verb-SQ9bXEnI

Inflected forms

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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pisukam",
      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
      "word": "писукам"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
      "word": "piular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
      "word": "xerrotejar"
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      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
      "word": "sirkuttaa"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
      "word": "piailler"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
      "word": "chanter"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "kelaïdó",
      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
      "word": "κελαηδώ"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
      "word": "csipog"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
      "word": "ciak"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
      "word": "gíog"
    },
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
      "word": "piauler"
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
      "word": "tuiter"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
      "word": "piar"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "чири́кать"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
      "word": "cıvıldamak"
    },
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      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
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      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
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      "sense": "make high-pitched sounds",
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}

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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pisukane",
      "sense": "short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "писукане"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird",
      "word": "čiřikání"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird",
      "word": "cui-cui"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird",
      "word": "чири́к"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čik-čirík",
      "sense": "short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird",
      "word": "чик-чири́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird",
      "word": "cıvıltı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird",
      "word": "chiếp chiếp"
    }
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