Meaning

2 senses
  1. A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.

    the short weak cry of a young bird

  2. A similar-sounding short high-pitched sound

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The sparrow is cheeping.

  2. The sparrows are cheeping.

  3. We are cheeping like sparrows.

    deWir piepsen wie die Spatzen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. The day-old chicks cheeped shrilly as their mother returned to the nest with a beak full of food.

    ruВылупившиеся накануне птенцы пронзительно запищали, когда их мать вернулась в гнездо с клювом, полным еды. — Wezel

  5. I cannot cheep like a sparrow. I'm a pigeon.

Forms

plural: cheeps
Singularcheep
Pluralcheeps

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the short weak cry of a young bird:peep

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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