an artificially created hybrid of a goat and a sheep
The resulting animals look like normal sheep rather than strange hybrids like the'geep', created by fusing the embryos of a sheep and goat.
geep in American English
(ɡip)
nounWord forms: pluralgeep
the hybrid offspring of a goat and a sheep
Also called: shoat
Word origin
[1970–75; g(oat) + (sh)eep]This word is first recorded in the period 1970–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Heimlich maneuver, cornrow, good old boy, salsa, stress test