cheep

noun

/tʃiːp/

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the short high sound that young birds make
- the shrill cheep of the baby starlings

verb

/tʃiːp/

[intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they cheep	/tʃiːp/ /tʃiːp/
he / she / it cheeps	/tʃiːps/ /tʃiːps/
past simple cheeped	/tʃiːpt/ /tʃiːpt/
past participle cheeped	/tʃiːpt/ /tʃiːpt/
-ing form cheeping	/ˈtʃiːpɪŋ/ /ˈtʃiːpɪŋ/

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(of young birds) to make short high sounds
- We heard the birds cheeping as their mother fed them.
Word Originearly 16th cent. (originally Scots): imitative (compare with the sound peep).