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cheeping
present participle ofcheep
cheep
verb[ I ]
uk /tʃiːp/ us /tʃiːp/
(of a young bird) to make a high, weak cry:
Six weeks have passed and the birds still cheep like chicks.
A brood of ducklings, which had lost their mother, filed into the barn, cheeping feebly.
Synonym
peep(NOISE)
Among the weeds of the garden sparrows cheeped and quarrelled in shrill bursts of noise.
The birds were beginning to cheep in the garden outside.
It's amazing; cheep at the eggs and they'll cheep back at you!
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal (non-human) sounds
baa
barky
bleat
buzzy
caterwauling
chatter
cheep
cockcrow
coo
honk
miaow
moo
purr
quack
roar
trill
trumpet
tu-whit tu-whoo
warble
whinny
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