单词 | cheeping |
释义 | > as lemmasˈcheeping ˈcheeping n. and adj. In quot. c1729: (Scottish) querulous, complaining. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > whistle or chirp > whistling or chirping whistlingc950 cheepinga1585 fritiniency1646 pipping1750 yeeping1945 the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [adjective] > that whistles or chirps pipient1607 chirping1611 cheeping1708 cheepy1841 yeeping1945 a1585 P. Hume Flyting with Montgomerie (Tullibardine) ix. 48 in Poems A. Montgomerie (2000) I. 173 Thy cheiping and peiping with weiping þow sall rew. c1600 A. Montgomerie Poems (2000) I. 124 Sweet Philomene with cheiping chyrris and charris. 1708 E. Arwaker Truth in Fiction iv. v. 285 Love's bright Goddess..sent a cheeping Mouse to tempt the Dame. c1729 in A. Jervise Memorials Angus & Mearns (1861) 38 She is a very cheeping woman, and can do better than she lets on. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 59 Good for nothing but to raise cheeping squirrels on. 1968 A. Diment Great Spy Race ii. 17 These bleepers are little radio receivers which give off a faint cheeping from one's pocket. 2014 H. MacDonald H is for Hawk xiv. 137 We see..a hen pheasant and a line of cheeping, half-feathered poults. < as lemmas |
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