Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cheep

/t͡ʃiːp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables: cheep
IPA: /t͡ʃiːp/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds.

verb

To express in a chirping tone.

noun

A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.

noun

A similar-sounding short high-pitched sound

intj

The short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.

Example Sentences

"[…] a brood of ducklings, which had lost their mother, filed into the barn, cheeping feebly and wandering from side to side […]"
"O Swallow, Swallow, if I could follow, and light / Upon her lattice, I would pipe and trill, / And cheep and twitter twenty million loves."
"The radiation trackers clipped to our protective overalls let off soft cheeps, their frequency varying as radioactivity levels changed around us."

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Inflected Forms

cheeps (present, singular) cheeping (participle, present) cheeped (participle, past) cheeped (past) cheeps (plural)

Derived Forms

cheeper cheepy

Frequently Paired Words

chirp peep

Synonyms

peep chirp chirrup

Homonyms

cheap

Rhymes With

keep sleep deep cheap balls-deep asleep sheep steep sweep leap creep jeep

Questions

How do you pronounce cheep?: The recorded pronunciation is /t͡ʃiːp/.
What does cheep mean?: Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds.
Where does cheep come from?: Onomatopoeic.

How to pronounce cheep

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “cheep”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/t͡ʃiːp/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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Repeat and practice — Say “cheep” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.