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cheep
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
cheep
(verb)
cheep
/
ˈ
tʃiːp/
verb
cheeps
;
cheeped
;
cheeping
cheep
/
ˈ
tʃiːp/
verb
cheeps
;
cheeped
;
cheeping
Britannica Dictionary definition of CHEEP
[
no object
]
of a bird
:
to make a quick high sound
chicks
cheeping
for food
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— cheep
noun
,
plural
cheeps
[
count
]
the
cheeps
of newly hatched chicks
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