cheep

Definition

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

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

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."