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Queeped vs Queemed - What's the difference?

queeped | queemed |

As verbs the difference between queeped and queemed

is that queeped is past tense of queep while queemed is past tense of queem.

queeped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (queep)

    • queep

    English

    Etymology 1

    Imitative.

    Interjection

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

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To emit a "queep" sound.
  • *{{quote-magazine
    • , authorlink=Harlan Ellison , title=Along the Scenic Route , magazine=Adam , last=Ellison , first=Harlan , year=1969 , month=August }}
  • *:She started to speak, but the peek queeped , and she studded it on.
  • *{{quote-book
    • , authorlink=Diane Duane , title=Intellivore , last=Duane , first=Diane , year=2000 , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=Jqhk8zEK1SMC&lpg=PA183&dq=queeped&pg=PA184
  • v=onepage&q=queeped&f=false
    • , page=183 , publisher=Simon and Schuster}}
  • *:The computer queeped softly and then said, “Ship's systems ....”
  • *{{quote-book
    • , authorlink=Cory Doctorow , last=Doctorow , first=Cory , title=Makers , year=2009 , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=wpC2KwbGAJwC&lpg=PA22&dq=queeped&pg=PA22
  • v=onepage&q=queeped&f=false
    • , page=22 , publisher=Macmillan}}
  • *:“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.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

  • (military, slang, US) Non-flying duties, typically paperwork, that are undesirable to pilots.
    • Why in the hell isn’t there someone else to do all this queep ?!
  • *{{quote-usenet
    • , year=1997 , monthday=07/28 , author=Kurt Bjorn citation , title=Re: USAF Low Morale Confirmed!!! , id=01bc9b7f$570616e0$0100000a@pyroware.flash.net , group=alt.aviation.safety,rec.aviation.military,alt.disasters.aviation }}
    It isn't how well you fly, it's who you know and how well you perform your queep ground job.
  • *{{quote-usenet
    • , year=2001 , monthday=09/06 , author=Zaprass , title=Re: Tiny U.S. planes spy as GIs avoid danger , id=3B9765DD.MD-1.4.4.Zaprass@nospam.com , group=rec.aviation.military citation }}
  • *:Still, the above is a true reflection of statistical promotion rates in the context of our current queep -biased system.
  • *{{quote-book
    • , title=Christian Fighter Pilot Is Not an Oxymoron , last=Dowty , first=Jonathan , year=2007 , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=a_vlsspX0vwC&lpg=PA20&dq=queep%20pilot&pg=PA20
  • v=onepage&q=queep%20pilot&f=false
    • , page=20}}
  • *: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.
  • *{{quote-book
    • , title=Sharing Orion , last=Goldstein , first=David , year=2010 , page=87 , pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=QbMzLqyBWLgC&lpg=PA87&dq=queep&pg=PA87
  • v=onepage&q=queep&f=false
    • , publisher=AuthorHouse}}
  • *:Besides, if you're not flying, your whole world is going to consist of nothing but office queep .
  • *{{quote-magazine
    • , magazine=Wingman , title=Safety Culture , author=Anonymous , year=2012 , monthday=1/1 , page=32 , pageurl=http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=16&sid=da987f96-1bec-4ecb-b484-69d1dbef035a%40sessionmgr15&hid=23 }}
  • *:The stigma that surrounds a safety office and its staff is often that of naysayers or un-cool nerds. We’re the crushers of fun or sultans of queep in many squadrons, but there's no place for that kind of culture in the safety world.
    • Usage notes
    Commonly used in the United States Air Force pilot community.

    Etymology 3

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

    Noun

    (-)
  • A event, with 2 scullers and 2 sweepers per shell.

    • queemed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (queem)

    • queem

    English

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