queepとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Imitative.

間投詞

queep

1. The sound a bird may make, similar to peep, chirp, cheep.
   • 1918, Joseph Grinnell, Harold Child Bryant, Tracy Irwin Storer, The game birds of California

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

   • 1929, Henry Williamson, The Pathway, Volume 4:

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

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

動詞

queep (三人称単数 現在形 queeps, 現在分詞 queeping, 過去形および過去分詞形 queeped)

1. To emit a "queep" sound.
   • 1969 August, Ellison, Harlan, “Along the Scenic Route”, in Adam:

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

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

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

   • 2009, Doctorow, Cory, Makers, Macmillan, page 22:

     “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.

語源 2

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名詞

queep (uncountable)

1. (military, slang, US) Non-flying duties, typically paperwork, that are undesirable to pilots.

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

   • 1997 July 28, Kurt Bjorn, “Re: USAF Low Morale Confirmed!!!”, in alt.aviation.safety,rec.aviation.military,alt.disasters.aviation, Usenet‎^[1], message-ID <01bc9b7f$570616e0$0100000a@pyroware.flash.net>:

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

   • 2001 September 6, Zaprass, “Re: Tiny U.S. planes spy as GIs avoid danger”, in rec.aviation.military, Usenet‎^[2], message-ID <3B9765DD.MD-1.4.4.Zaprass@nospam.com>:

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

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

     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.

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

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

   • 2012, Anonymous, “Safety Culture”, in Wingman, page 32: