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   peep

   /piːp/

   noun

   • 1. a feeble, high-pitched sound made by a young bird or mammal. Similar cheepchirpchirruptweettwitterchirrpipepipingwarblesqueakchatter
   • ▪ a slight sound, utterance, or complaint: "not a peep out of them since shortly after eight" Similar soundnoisecryutterancewordinformal:cheepcomplaintgrumblemoanmuttermurmurgrouseobjectionprotestprotestationoutcrydemurargumentremonstranceremonstrationexceptiongrievancecavilquibblewordsoundinformal:nigglegripegrouchbeef
   • ▪ a brief, high-pitched electronic sound: "the phone gives three sharp peeps"
   • 2. a small sandpiper or similar wading bird: informal North American "the peeps have returned to Fundy"
   • 3. a group of chickens: rare "a peep of chickens pecking and scratching around the gate"

   verb

   • 1. make a brief, high-pitched sound: "Don peeped on his whistle"

   Word Origin late Middle English: imitative; compare with cheep.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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     3

   • E

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   • P

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