† cheetv.

Forms: 1800s cheat, 1800s cheet.

Origin: Apparently an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Apparently imitative of the high-pitched cry of a bird or small animal. Compare earlier cheet int. and discussion at that entry. Compare also cheep v.

Chiefly English regional (Yorkshire). Obsolete.

intransitive. To chirp, cheep; to squeak.Ogilvie's attribution to Tennyson appears to be erroneous; he is probably alluding to the Princess in which Tennyson uses ‘cheep’ (see quot. 1847 at cheep v. 1b).

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1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. To Cheet, to chatter or chirrup. [Tennyson.]

1872 ‘T. Treddlehoyle’ Bairnsla Foaks' Ann. 32 If a fiddle happend to cheet aht, at it they whent pell mell wal he wor fit ta droop.

1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield 24 Birds cheet, and it is said specially of a robin as winter approaches... If shoes cheet, they are supposed not to have been paid for.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

cheetint.n.

Brit.

/tʃiːt/, U.S.

/tʃit/

Forms: frequently reduplicated.

Origin: Apparently an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Apparently imitative of (in sense 1) a sound made to encourage a cat to approach, and (in sense 2) the high-pitched call of a bird or small animal, although compare also chit n.¹ and discussion at that entry. Compare cheet v.With sense 1 compare Scots chee (interjection), in the same sense (compare also quot. 1923):1858 R. M. Ballantyne Coral Island xi. 130 ‘Poor thing’, said Peterkin, gently extending his hand, and endeavouring to pat the cat's head. ‘Poor pussy; chee, chee, chee; puss, puss, puss!’

1. Scottish. Representing the sound made to encourage a cat to approach. Also as n.: a cat. Now rare.

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1806 J. Black Falls of Clyde 169 You've hurt poor baudrans wi' your lang wet clout. Cheet! cheet! waesucks, I doubt poor thing she's dead.

1895 Arbroath Guide 26 Jan. 3/6 Marget gaed to the back door cryin, 'Puss, Puss, Pussy; cheet, cheet, cheety'.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 83 Cheet-cheet. Also chee-chee. Call-name for a cat.

1995 B. Leeming Scots Haiku Hairst een Lown dayset: a cheet Rivin a taidie.

2. Representing the high-pitched call of certain birds. Also as n.

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1832 Proc. Comm. Sci. & Corr. Zool. Soc. London 2 xviii. 95 The cry of this bird [sc. the Weaver-bird] is ‘cheet, cheet, cheet’, uttered simultaneously by flocks in flight.

1910 Our Dumb Animals Apr. 171/1 We hear the cheet, cheet, cheet, In the note of their sweet treble song.

1955 W. R. B. Oliver N.Z. Birds (ed. 2) 470 Proceeding continuously from a flock of Whiteheads is a short single note which may be vocalised ‘cheet’.

2008 C. König & F. Weick Owls of World (2010) 447/1 Fledged young [of the buff-fronted owl] beg with a hissing, somewhat rasping cheet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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释义	† cheetv. Forms: 1800s cheat, 1800s cheet. Origin: Apparently an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Apparently imitative of the high-pitched cry of a bird or small animal. Compare earlier cheet int. and discussion at that entry. Compare also cheep v. Chiefly English regional (Yorkshire). Obsolete. intransitive. To chirp, cheep; to squeak.Ogilvie's attribution to Tennyson appears to be erroneous; he is probably alluding to the Princess in which Tennyson uses ‘cheep’ (see quot. 1847 at cheep v. 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > chirp or twitter chirmOE chattera1250 janglea1300 jargon?a1366 chirkc1386 chirtc1386 chitterc1386 twittera1387 chirpc1440 yipc1440 channerc1480 quitter1513 chirrup1579 chipper1593 pip1598 gingreate1623 chita1639 sweet1677 shatter17.. swee-swee1839 weet-weet1845 cheet1855 tweet1856 twiddle1863 weet1866 1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. To Cheet, to chatter or chirrup. [Tennyson.] 1872 ‘T. Treddlehoyle’ Bairnsla Foaks' Ann. 32 If a fiddle happend to cheet aht, at it they whent pell mell wal he wor fit ta droop. 1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield 24 Birds cheet, and it is said specially of a robin as winter approaches... If shoes cheet, they are supposed not to have been paid for. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). cheetint.n. Brit. /tʃiːt/, U.S. /tʃit/ Forms: frequently reduplicated. Origin: Apparently an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Apparently imitative of (in sense 1) a sound made to encourage a cat to approach, and (in sense 2) the high-pitched call of a bird or small animal, although compare also chit n.¹ and discussion at that entry. Compare cheet v.With sense 1 compare Scots chee (interjection), in the same sense (compare also quot. 1923):1858 R. M. Ballantyne Coral Island xi. 130 ‘Poor thing’, said Peterkin, gently extending his hand, and endeavouring to pat the cat's head. ‘Poor pussy; chee, chee, chee; puss, puss, puss!’ 1. Scottish. Representing the sound made to encourage a cat to approach. Also as n.: a cat. Now rare. ΚΠ 1806 J. Black Falls of Clyde 169 You've hurt poor baudrans wi' your lang wet clout. Cheet! cheet! waesucks, I doubt poor thing she's dead. 1895 Arbroath Guide 26 Jan. 3/6 Marget gaed to the back door cryin, 'Puss, Puss, Pussy; cheet, cheet, cheety'. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 83 Cheet-cheet. Also chee-chee. Call-name for a cat. 1995 B. Leeming Scots Haiku Hairst een Lown dayset: a cheet Rivin a taidie. 2. Representing the high-pitched call of certain birds. Also as n. ΚΠ 1832 Proc. Comm. Sci. & Corr. Zool. Soc. London 2 xviii. 95 The cry of this bird [sc. the Weaver-bird] is ‘cheet, cheet, cheet’, uttered simultaneously by flocks in flight. 1910 Our Dumb Animals Apr. 171/1 We hear the cheet, cheet, cheet, In the note of their sweet treble song. 1955 W. R. B. Oliver N.Z. Birds (ed. 2) 470 Proceeding continuously from a flock of Whiteheads is a short single note which may be vocalised ‘cheet’. 2008 C. König & F. Weick Owls of World (2010) 447/1 Fledged young [of the buff-fronted owl] beg with a hissing, somewhat rasping cheet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1855int.n.1806
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