queep

1. The sound a bird may make, similar to peep, chirp, cheep.

   They followed her at a rapid tiny waddle, crying queep-queep-queep.

   1929, Henry Williamson, The Pathway, Volume 4

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   In flight they often made a close flock calling, queep, queep, queep, queep, queep, . . .

   1918, Joseph Grinnell, Harold Child Bryant, Tracy Irwin Storer, The game birds of California

2. The sound a machine may make, similar to beep. See pocketa-queep.

present singular third person queeps · participle present queeping · participle past queeped · past queeped

1. To emit a "queep" sound.

   She started to speak, but the peek queeped, and she studded it on.

   1969 August, Harlan Ellison, “Along the Scenic Route”, in Adam

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   The computer queeped softly and then said, “Ship's systems ....”

   2000, Diane Duane, Intellivore, Simon and Schuster, page 183

   “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.

   2009, Cory Doctorow, Makers, Macmillan, page 22

1. USslanguncountablegovernmentNon-flying duties, typically paperwork, that are undesirable to pilots.

   Why in the hell isn’t there someone else to do all this queep?!

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   It isn't how well you fly, it's who you know and how well you perform your queep ground job.

   1997 July 28, Kurt Bjorn, “Re: USAF Low Morale Confirmed!!!”, in alt.aviation.safety,rec.aviation.military,alt.disasters.aviation (Usenet), message-ID <01bc9b7f$570616e0$0100000a@pyroware.flash.net>

   Still, the above is a true reflection of statistical promotion rates in the context of our current queep-biased system.

   2001 September 6, Zaprass, “Re: Tiny U.S. planes spy as GIs avoid danger”, in rec.aviation.military (Usenet), message-ID <3B9765DD.MD-1.4.4.Zaprass@nospam.com>

   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.

   2007, Jonathan Dowty, Christian Fighter Pilot Is Not an Oxymoron, page 20

   Besides, if you're not flying, your whole world is going to consist of nothing but office queep.

   2010, David Goldstein, Sharing Orion, AuthorHouse, page 87

   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.

   2012 January 1, anonymous author, “Safety Culture”, in Wingman, page 32

1. uncountableA rowing event, with two scullers and two sweepers per shell.