Meaning

imitating a small animal's cry, particularly a kitten or small bird.

Definitions by Sense

1. imitating a small animal's cry, particularly a kitten or small bird
2. imitating a small vehicle's high pitched horn
3. (informal) expressing surprise, dismay, fear, or concern
4. A high-pitched exclamation of fear or concern.
5. To make a high-pitched exclamation.

Example Sentences

"Meep, meep, meep!" echoed his brothers and sisters. They all felt pleased with themselves for having learnt to call their mother …

'Granny, your hat squeaked,' said Tiffany. 'It went meep!' 'No it didn’t,' Granny said sharply. 'It did, you know,' said Nanny Ogg. 'I heard it, too.' Granny Weatherwax grunted and pulled off her hat. The white kitten, curled around her tight bun of hair, blinked in the light.

"We gave him three nervous breakdowns, you know," he says, waving his fingers in the rear view. "Listen, I..." "I've heard this kind of thing before. The English think the French are little blind dogs. Meep meep meep meep meep," he says, performing a talking pantomime with his hand.

See Thesaurus:wow

Gilly cradled her daughter close, even when the baby let out a “meep” of protest before getting back to the business of nursing.

Her companions gathered round her, twittering and meeping sympathetically, but there was nothing that anyone could do.

He cried out, as if he meant it as a joke, "When I was Richard's age I nearly died of pneumonia." "Darling, it is cold," Ariah meeped, and put her mitten on his.

"See that guy down there?" Jonathan asked, and tilted my chair up on its front legs to give me a better view. I meeped and clutched the chair arms harder. "No? Well, okay, granted, they all look alike from up here. Here, I'll help." My forehead touched the glass. It rippled like water, and I melted right through the slick, cold surface, [...]

Word Forms

• meeps
• meeping
• meeped

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Use meep when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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