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Recent Examples of cheep
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
28 Apr. 2026
There are fewer song sparrows cheeping amid the shrubs and grasses.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Julio Ojeda-Zapata,
Twin Cities,
26 May 2017
Verb
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.
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheep
Verb
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Sometimes crickets chirped in my head.
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As Photay, Shornstein—a master synthesist and producer—flits between atmospheric house, dubby breakbeat workouts, and chirping electro funk, building his songs’ arrangements into strange, angular shapes.
Noun
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Between daily high temperatures and warm overnight lows — which won't be low enough to offer much relief — more than 300 records are expected to be set by Saturday.
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Japan imports nearly all of its oil and gas, and the yen’s recent decline to near a 40-year low has added to those concerns given recent high oil prices.
Noun
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Equally notable throughout the game was the angry screech, reserved for whenever the Czech Republic players had the ball — or worse — were given a free kick.
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Guests range from ordinary commuters to figures like Cate Blanchett and Julian Casablancas, all subject to the same fluorescent lighting and ambient subway screech.
Noun
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Due north of the monument (as the crow flies) there’s Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge.
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As the crow flies, the Mammoth Mine property is only about 12 miles from Idaho City.
Noun
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The vocal repertoire consisted of at least seven different squeak types.
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Others reported a persistent squeak.
Noun
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Air traffic control at Heathrow cleared the flight for a priority return after the pilots issued a squawk 7700 — the code for a general emergency.
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He was missed — especially vocally — since Gill’s angelic voice does not, in any way shape or form, resemble Walsh’s charmingly out-of-pitch squawk-talk style.
Noun
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And the show barely heard a peep.
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Jennifer Lopez relies on the style time and time again, repeatedly reaching for the same pair of nude peep-toe slingbacks from Elie Saab.
Noun
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In Threes, builds its sentences from splats, crashes, clucks, clinks, whooshes, and thuds.
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On a recent Saturday, visitors swelter under the sun in a long line stretching into the dirt parking lot and swap rumors as passing chickens cluck at their ankles.
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“Cheep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheep. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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