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peep

UK/piːp/ US/pip/ fairly common slang uk us
verb (5) noun (2)

verb

1.

look furtively

  • “He peeped at the woman through the window”
2.

cause to appear

  • “he peeped his head through the window”
3.

make high-pitched sounds; of birds

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4.
5.

appear as though from hiding

  • “the new moon peeped through the tree tops”

noun

1.

the short weak cry of a young bird

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2.

a secret look

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Origin

From Middle English pepen. Compare Dutch piepen (“peep”), German Low German piepen (“to peep”), German piepen and pfeifen, all probably onomatopoeic.

Phrases

  • peep bo
  • peep of day
  • peep out
  • peep pixels
  • peep show
  • peep sight
  • peeping tom
  • pixel peep

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