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cheep, cheeper, cheeperock, cheepin, cheeprock, cheip, cheiper, cheipin, choup, moor_cheeper, moss_cheeper, mosscheeper, moss-cheeper, mossie, muir_cheeper, sheep, tjeepan,
cheep [tʃip]
n. A cheep, chirp. A whisper, hint, word. A creak, squeak. A light kiss.
v. To cheap, chirp, to speak softly, whisper, to make a plaintive sound. To squeak, creak.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cheeper [ˈtʃipər]: The cricket, probably Pholidoptera griseoaptera. NEC. The meadow pipit Anthus pratensis. To chirp, cheep, a light kiss
dim. cheeperock [ˈtʃip(ə)rək]: MN. The rock pipit Anthus petrosus.
cheepin: Cheeping, chirping, creaking, etc.
gray cheeper: S. The meadow pipit Anthus pratensis.
moss cheeper: The meadow pipit Anthus pratensis. dim. mossie.
muir cheeper: S. SW. WC. The meadow pipit Anthus pratensis.
no a cheep: Not a word.
sea cheep SW. The meadow pipit Anthus pratensis or rock pipit Anthus petrosus.
ch$o, ch$ro, cheer, cheered, cheerfu, cheerie, cheeriesome, cheeriesome, cheerio, cheerisome, cheerit, cheers, cheersomeness, cheersoome, cheert, cheery, cheerybye, cheery-bye, cheery-bye, cheerysome, cheir, cheirie, cheirisome, cheirs, cheirsome, cheirt, che-oh,
cheer [tʃiːr]
n. Cheer.
pl. cheers Cheers, a toast.
v. To cheer.
pt. pp. cheert, cheered
 
cheery
adj. Cheery.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cheerfu: Cheerful.
cheerin: Cheering.
cheerio the nou: Good-bye for now.
cheerless: Cheerless.
cheersome, cheerisome [-səm]: Cheery, merry.
cheersomeness: Cheerfulness.
cheery-bye: Cheerio, good-bye.
cheese, cheise, chyse, sheese,
cheese [tʃiːz]
n. Cheese. The receptacle of the thistle. A seed of the common mallow Malva sylvestris.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gowk's cheese: The wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella.
cheesel, cheezel, keezel,
cheesel [tʃiːzl]
n. A chisel.
v. To chisel.
cheat, cheet, cheet, cheetie, cheetie-pousie, cheety, cheety-pussy, cheit, cheitie, chittie, chitty,
cheet [ˈtʃit]
n. A cat, a call to a cat.
dim. cheetie
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cheetie-pousie: A pet name for a cat.
cheetle, cheitle,
cheetle [ˈtʃitl]
v. To chirp, to chatter or warble.
cheevie, cheevy, cheivie, chievie, chivvy,
cheevy [ˈtʃiːvi]
n. A chivy, chevy, a chase, a chase game.
v. To chase.
cheque,
cheque [ˈtʃɛk]
n. A cheque.
cherish [ˈtʃɛrɪʃ]
v. To lovingly protect and care for.
cherrie, cherries, cherry, chirrie, chirries, chirry,
cherry [ˈtʃɛrɪ, MN. ˈtʃɪrɪ]
n. A cherry. A cherry tree such as Prunus cerasus.
pl. cherries

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