Yeep vs Meep - What's the difference?
yeep | meep |
a nonsense word, imitating an animal's cry, or a car's horn
* ???', , ''Meep the Baby Martin'', published in ''Soviet Literature: Issues 7-12'' in ' 1983 :
* 2006 , Dave Bidini, The Five Hole Stories , page 62:
an endearing term of affection between lovers
* 2012 , B. E. Josephman, Lilium Love Stories , page 607:
to make a high-pitched exclamation
* 2005 , John Gardner, October Light , page 126:
* 2005 , Rachel Caine, Chill Factor , page 103:
* 2007 , Pat Schmatz, Circle the Truth , page 188:
As interjections the difference between yeep and meep
is that yeep is an expression of surprise or dismay while meep is a nonsense word, imitating an animal's cry, or a car's horn.As nouns the difference between yeep and meep
is that yeep is a quiet yelp or scream while meep is an endearing term of affection between lovers.As a verb meep is
to make a high-pitched exclamation.meep
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- "Meep, meep, meep! " echoed his brothers and sisters. They all felt pleased with themselves for having learnt to call their mother [...]
- "We gave him three nervous breakdowns, you know," he says, waving his fingers in the rear view.
- "Listen, I..."
- "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.
Synonyms
* beepNoun
(en noun)- Brett poked Erica on the nose and said, "You are my little meep!"
Verb
(en verb)- 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.
- "See that guy down there?" Jonathan asked, and tilted my chair up on its front legs to give me a better view. I meeped and clutched the chair arms harder. "No? Well, okay, granted, they all look alike from up here. Here, I'll help." My forehead touched the glass. It rippled like water, and I melted right through the slick, cold surface, [...]
- Rith stayed where he was, watching the silhouette of the cat in the darkness. She sat perfectly still and watched him back. Then she meeped and looked at the stairs.
