queek

Noun

queek (plural queeks)

1. A vocal sound produced by certain birds.
   • From reeds moorhens called to each other, the sounds light metallic “queeks.”2007, Samuel F. Pickering, Edinburgh Days: Or, Doing what I Want to Do, page 169

Verb

queek (third-person singular simple present queeks, present participle queeking, simple past and past participle queeked)

1. To produce this sound.

Interjection

1. A vocal sound produced by certain birds.
   • A soft “Queek, queek!” made her look up and listen.1865, Louisa May Alcott, Nelly's Hospital
   • No nest was to be seen, no parent birds hovered overhead, and little Robin could only tell its troubles in that mournful “Queek, queek, queek!”2002?, James Marten, The Boy of Chancellorville and Other Civil War Stories (page 67)