zeephttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zeep_v%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezeep, v.
Revised 2018

zeepverb

  1. 1886–
    intransitive. To produce a high-pitched noise like that produced by friction or something travelling at speed; esp. (of an animal or bird) to give a call or emit a sound of this sort. Also occasionally transitive: to cause (something) to produce such a sound. Cf. zeep n.
    1. 1886
      Queens do not ‘zeep, zeep’, for their own pleasure.
      Gleanings Bee Culture 1 June 450/1
    2. 1917
      She could hear the queen in one hive ‘zeep-zeeping’.
      M. Webb, Gone to Earth xxviii. 234
    3. 1935
      Tires bleeding voiding zeep the highway.
      S. Beckett, Echo's Bones & Other Precipitates
    4. 1962
      Hundreds of frogs sang in harmony with the sounds of happy ducks ‘quacking’ and ‘zeeping’.
      Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gazette 11 April 18/1
    5. 1991
      A cold, snowy, moonlit night when the snow ‘zeeps’ underfoot at every step.
      M. C. Gilfillan, Moods of Ohio Moons 14

zeep, v. was revised in June 2018.

zeep, v. was last modified in July 2023.