meep

/miːp/

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

Interjection

(onomatopoeia)

(onomatopoeic) imitating a small animal's cry, particularly a kitten or small bird
- "Meep, meep, meep!" echoed his brothers and sisters. They all felt pleased with themselves for having learnt to call their mother …???, Viktor Astafyev, Meep the Baby Martin, published in Soviet Literature: Issues 7-12 in 1983
- "We gave him three nervous breakdowns, you know," he says, waving his fingers in the rear view.
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  "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.2006, Dave Bidini, The Five Hole Stories, page 62
Synonyms:

mew, meow, peep, chirp
(onomatopoeic) imitating a small vehicle's high pitched horn

Synonyms:

beep
(informal, onomatopoeic) expressing surprise, dismay, fear, or concern
- See Thesaurus:wow

meep (plural meeps)

(informal, onomatopoeic) A high-pitched exclamation of fear or concern.
- Gilly cradled her daughter close, even when the baby let out a “meep” of protest before getting back to the business of nursing.2013, Megan Hart, Precious and Fragile Things, page 407

meep (third-person singular simple present meeps, present participle meeping, simple past and past participle meeped)

(informal, onomatopoeic) To make a high-pitched exclamation.
- Her companions gathered round her, twittering and meeping sympathetically, but there was nothing that anyone could do.1968, Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey, I Primeval Night, 2 The New Rock, page 11
- 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.2005, John Gardner, October Light, page 126

I meeped and clutched the chair arms harder.2005, Rachel Caine, Chill Factor, page 103:
Then she meeped and looked at the stairs.2007, Pat Schmatz, Circle the Truth, page 188:

Noun
plural	meeps
Verb
third-person singular present	meeps
present participle	meeping
past participle	meeped
past	meeped

Imitative

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What does meep mean?: Meep means imitating a small animal's cry, particularly a kitten or small bird.
How do you use meep in a sentence?: I meeped and clutched the chair arms harder.
What part of speech is meep?: Meep can be an interjection, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce meep?: Meep is pronounced /miːp/.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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