Past tense of 'cheep'; made the short, high-pitched sound that young birds or small animals make.
From 'cheep' (an onomatopoeia imitating a bird's sound) + '-ed' past tense suffix. 'Cheep' is imitative in origin, created to sound like the noise itself, similar to 'chirp' and 'peep.'
Onomatopoeia like 'cheep' are some of the most ancient words in any language because they literally copy the sounds they describe—when a baby bird cheeps, it's the same tiny sound humans have been imitating for thousands of years!
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