verb (used without object)
- to chirp; peep.
- Chiefly South Midland U.S. to reveal or tell a secret (usually used in the phrase cheep it).
verb (used with object)
- to express by cheeps.
noun
- a chirp.
noun
- the short weak high-pitched cry of a young bird; chirp
verb
- (intr) (of young birds) to utter characteristic shrill sounds
1510s, of imitative origin, originally Scottish. Related: Cheeped; cheeping; cheeper. The noun is attested by 1774.