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verb

ˈchēp

Definition of cheep next

as in to chirp

to make a short sharp sound like a small bird the toaster cheeps to indicate that the toast is done

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Recent Examples of cheep

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Recorded on five reel-to-reel decks, the composer’s 1975 piece blends everyday and exotic sounds—human breath, cheeping frogs, bubbling geysers—into a passionate defense of the raptures of listening. —

Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026 There are fewer song sparrows cheeping amid the shrubs and grasses. —

Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2026 Once laid, some eggs are sent away for incubation and replaced by smart fakes, which wiggle and cheep so that the mother is primed for her hatchling’s return. —

The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019 These sounds, from the smallest cheeping bird, to the booming bark-like call of a Sambar deer, help in finding this most magnificent of big cats. —

Lauren Decarlo, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2019 The ducklings are safe and sound, though, after what seemed like an eternity huddled in terror and cheeping piteously at the drain’s bottom as the humans fought to open a manhole cover. —

Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 26 May 2017

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About 40 minutes away, real birds melodiously chirped and trilled outside its sister hotel, Es Figueral Nou, an 18th-century finca and former fig plantation set among vast agricultural fields.

— Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Atkinson was chirping at Blair, which Black said was common (for Atkinson to be chirping at anyone), and there was a lot of contact.

— Joe Vardon, New York Times, 11 May 2026