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Definition of Cheeping
1. cheep [v] - See also: cheep
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheeping
Literary usage of Cheeping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"... cheeping, *. Shrill squeaking, S. " He gave us also the example of the
philosopher, who, when he thought most seriously to hare withdrawn himself into a ..."
2. Introduction to the Study of Sociology by Edward Cary Hayes (1918)
"The chicken cheeping in the shell already can understand its mother's warning or
reassuring note; not in the sense that the chicken gets an idea from the ..."
3. Two Coventry Corpus Christi Plays: 1. The shearmen and taylor's pageant, re by Hardin Craig (1902)
"... another at the Cross cheeping with a goodly stage play.6 S. p. ... pageant play
being finely drest in the Cross cheeping and lay at the Priory.9 S. p. ..."
4. The Poets of the Future: A College Anthology by Henry Thomas (1921)
"... locked and pale, The hills are growing dim and gray; cheeping, cheeping birds
all day Promised us our trysting storm; — Ghost of Nellie, are you warm? ..."
5. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1862)
"The common American ground, striped, or cheeping squirrel, chipmunk, ...
cheeping like a young chicken, the cheek pouches distended with nuts or seeds, ..."
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