CHEEP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cheep mean? 

• CHEEP (noun)
  The noun CHEEP has 1 sense:

1. the short weak cry of a young bird

  Familiarity information: CHEEP used as a noun is very rare.

• CHEEP (verb)
  The verb CHEEP has 1 sense:

1. make high-pitched sounds

  Familiarity information: CHEEP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHEEP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The short weak cry of a young bird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

cheep; peep

Hypernyms ("cheep" is a kind of...):

cry (the characteristic utterance of an animal)

Derivation:

cheep (make high-pitched sounds)

• CHEEP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make high-pitched sounds

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

cheep; chirp; chirrup; peep

Context example:

the birds were chirping in the bushes

Hypernyms (to "cheep" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cheep"):

chitter; twitter (make high-pitched sounds, as of birds)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

cheep (the short weak cry of a young bird)