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queep

queep interjection: the sound a bird may make, similar to peep, chirp, cheep.

Interjection

  1. The sound a bird may make, similar to peep, chirp, cheep.
    • In flight they often made a close flock calling, queep, queep, queep, queep, queep, . . .1918, Joseph Grinnell, Harold Child Bryant, Tracy Irwin Storer, The game birds of California
    • They followed her at a rapid tiny waddle, crying queep-queep-queep.1929, Henry Williamson, The Pathway, Volume 4
  2. The sound a machine may make, similar to beep. See pocketa-queep.

Verb

queep (third-person singular simple present queeps, present participle queeping, simple past and past participle queeped)

  1. To emit a "queep" sound.
    • She started to speak, but the peek queeped, and she studded it on.1969 August, Harlan Ellison, “Along the Scenic Route”, in Adam
    • The computer queeped softly and then said, “Ship's systems ....”2000, Diane Duane, Intellivore, Simon and Schuster, page 183

Noun (1)

queep (uncountable)

  1. (US, slang) Non-flying duties, typically paperwork, that are undesirable to pilots.
    • Why in the hell isn’t there someone else to do all this queep?!
    • It isn't how well you fly, it's who you know and how well you perform your queep ground job.1997 July 28, Kurt Bjorn, “Re: USAF Low Morale Confirmed!!!”, in alt.aviation.safety,rec.aviation.military,alt.disasters.aviation (Usenet), message-ID <01bc9b7f$570616e0$0100000a@pyroware.flash.net>

Noun (2)

queep (uncountable)

  1. A rowing event, with two scullers and two sweepers per shell.

Examples of queep in a sentence

  • “This used to be where the contractors kept their heavy equipment,” Lester rumbled, aiming a car door remote at the door, which queeped and opened.2009, Cory Doctorow, Makers, Macmillan, page 22:
  • Still, the above is a true reflection of statistical promotion rates in the context of our current queep-biased system.2001 September 6, Zaprass, “Re: Tiny U.S. planes spy as GIs avoid danger”, in rec.aviation.military (Usenet), message-ID...
  • What fighter pilots do is fly, and that they love, they have little love or tolerance for queep, a term for all paperwork and related jobs that keep a pilot out of the cockpit.2007, Jonathan Dowty, Christian Fighter Pilot Is Not an Oxymoron, page 20:
  • Besides, if you're not flying, your whole world is going to consist of nothing but office queep.2010, David Goldstein, Sharing Orion, AuthorHouse, page 87:

Forms of queep

third-person singular presentqueeps
present participlequeeping
past participlequeeped
pastqueeped

Origin of queep

Imitative.

Short for "quad-sweep", a rowing boat/event.

Words that rhyme with queep

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Questions about queep

What does queep mean?
Queep means the sound a bird may make, similar to peep, chirp, cheep.
How do you use queep in a sentence?
“This used to be where the contractors kept their heavy equipment,” Lester rumbled, aiming a car door remote at the door, which queeped and opened.
What part of speech is queep?
Queep can be an interjection, a verb or a noun.

Words near queep in the dictionary

  1. queenweed
  2. queenwood
  3. queeny
  4. QueeNZlander
  5. QueeNZlanders
  6. queep
  7. queeped
  8. queeping
  9. queeps
  10. Queequeg
  11. Queequeg syndrome

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