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Peep
Definitions
- 1 A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
- 2 A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one.
"So saying she loosened some ivory screws of the guitar, so as to open a peep lengthwise through its interior."
- 3 A spot on a die or domino. obsolete
- 4 A person. British, slang
- 5 Alternative letter-case form of Peep alt-of
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- 6 A soft marshmallow confection, shaped into a baby animal for Easter celebration. US
- 7 A World War II jeep attached to an armored regiment. slang
- 8 a secret look wordnet
- 9 A feeble utterance or complaint.
"I don't want to hear a peep out of you!"
- 10 The first partial appearance of something; a beginning to appear.
"the peep of day"
- 11 Acronym of positive end-expiratory pressure. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 12 the short weak cry of a young bird wordnet
- 13 The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill.
"With a "peep" from a high-pitched whistle, the train would leave by the crossover to the down line, […]."
- 14 A peepshow.
"A boring lusterless attempt at pornography, a niche above the racks of pulp pocketbooks sold in the front room of peeps."
- 15 A sandpiper or other small wader. colloquial
- 1 To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
- 2 To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed. intransitive
"The man peeped through the small hole."
- 3 appear as though from hiding wordnet
- 4 To speak briefly with a quiet voice.
- 5 To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance. dated, intransitive
"When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms bear."
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- 6 speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice wordnet
- 7 To take a look at; check out. slang, transitive
"Did you peep that video I sent you?"
- 8 make high-pitched sounds wordnet
- 9 To see, uncover. slang, transitive
"A lot of females were hesitant about getting with Pimp. He had a hard edge to him that made it impossible not to peep his cruel nature."
- 10 cause to come into view wordnet
- 11 look furtively wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English pepen. Compare Dutch piepen (“peep”), German Low German piepen (“to peep”), German piepen and pfeifen, all probably onomatopoeic.
From Middle English pepen. Compare Dutch piepen (“peep”), German Low German piepen (“to peep”), German piepen and pfeifen, all probably onomatopoeic.
From Middle English pepen, variant of piken.
From Middle English pepen, variant of piken.
Uncertain; perhaps variant of pip.
Back-formation from peeps, a shortened form of people.
Genericized trademark from the confection brand Peeps.
Genericized trademark from the confection brand Peeps, owned by Just Born, Inc.
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