zeepinghttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zeeping_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezeeping, adj.
First published 2018

zeepingadjective

  1. 1895–
    Designating a high-pitched noise like that produced by friction or something travelling at speed; (also) that makes such a noise. Cf. zeep n.
    Chiefly used with reference to sounds made by birds or insects.
    1. 1895
      A zeeping sound unlike any other I ever heard.
      American Bee Journal 16 May 313/1
    2. 1916
      Song, a short rather weak zeeping lisp.
      C. J. Maynard, Field Ornithol. Birds Eastern North Amer. 432
    3. 1984
      The chicks trailed the firefinch making a rapid ‘zeeping’ noise.
      Honeyguide vol. 30 131
    4. 2011
      Listening to this ‘zeeping’ insect in my room.
      J. Himmelman, Cricket Radio v. 79

zeeping, adj. was first published in June 2018.

zeeping, adj. was last modified in July 2023.