1. (v. i.) To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep.

2. (v. i.) To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.

3. (v. i.) To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry.

4. (n.) The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.

5. (n.) First outlook or appearance.

6. (n.) A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment.

7. (n.) Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla).

8. (n.) The European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).