About The Word Peep
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Peep Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Peep?
[n] a secret look
[n] the short weak cry of a young bird [v] look furtively Synonyms | Synonyms for Peep: cheep | peek | peek Related Terms | Find terms related to Peep: bend the eyes | blink | bug | cackle | call | carol | case | cast | caw | chatter | cheep | chip | chipper | chirk | chirm | chirp | chirr | chirrup | chitter | chuck | clack | cluck | cock-a-doodle-doo | complaint | coo | croak | cronk | crow | cuckoo | direct the eyes | drum | flash | gabble | gaggle | gander | glance | glimpse | gobble | grumble | guggle | half an eye | honk | hoo | hoot | look | look over | make a reconnaissance | meddle | murmur | nose | ogle | outcry | peek | peer | pip | pipe | play peekaboo | play the spy | protest | protestation | pry | put under surveillance | quack | quick sight | rapid glance | reconnoiter | roll | scold | scout | scout out | sing | slant | snoop | sound | spy | spy out | squawk | squeak | squiz | stake out | stare | take a peep | trill | tweedle | tweet | twit | twitter | warble | watch | whistle | wink See Also | cry | look | look | looking | looking at Peep In Webster's Dictionary \Peep\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Peeped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Peeping}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. pipen, F. piper,
p['e]pier, L. pipire, pipare, pipiare, D. & G. piepen. Senses
2 and 3 perhaps come from a transfer of sense from the sound
which chickens make upon the first breaking of the shell to
the act accompanying it; or perhaps from the influence of
peek, or peak. Cf. {Pipe}.]
1. To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp;
to cheep.
There was none that moved the wing, or opened the
mouth, or peeped. --Is. x. 14.
2. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to
make the first appearance.
When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms
bear. --Dryden.
3. To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a
crevice; to pry.
eep through the blanket of the dark. --Shak.
From her cabined loophole peep. --Milton.
{Peep sight}, an adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole
to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other
firearm near the breech.
\Peep\, n. 1. The cry of a young chicken; a chirp. 2. First outlook or appearance. Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn. --Gray. 3. A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment. To take t' other peep at the stars. --Swift. 4. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper ({Trigna minutilla}). (b) The European meadow pipit ({Anthus pratensis}). {Peep show}, a small show, or object exhibited, which is viewed through an orifice or a magnifying glass. {Peep-o'-day boys}, the Irish insurgents of 1784; -- so called from their visiting the house of the loyal Irish at day break in search of arms. [Cant] |
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