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1. (v.i.) peep
to look through a small opening or from a concealed location.
2. peep
to look slyly, pryingly, or furtively.
3. peep
to look curiously or playfully.
4. peep
to come partially into view; begin to appear.
5. (v.t.) peep
to show or protrude slightly.
6. (n.) peep
a quick or furtive look.
7. peep
the first appearance, as of dawn.
8. peep
an aperture for looking through.
9. (n.) peep
a short, shrill little cry or sound, as of a young bird.
10. peep
any of various small sandpipers, esp. of the genus
Calidris.
11. peep
a slight sound or remark, as of complaint:
I don't want to hear a peep out of you!
12. (v.i.) peep
to utter a short, shrill little cry.
13. peep
to speak in a weak voice.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME pepen, pipen; cf. D, G piepen, OF piper, L pipāre, Gk pippízein, Czech pípat, Lith p&ytilde;pti)
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| Definition of 'peep' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) cheep, peep
the short weak cry of a young bird
2. (verb) peek, peep
a secret look
3. (verb) peep
look furtively
"He peeped at the woman through the window"
4. (verb) peep
cause to appear
"he peeped his head through the window"
5. (verb) peep, cheep, chirp, chirrup
make high-pitched sounds
"the birds were chirping in the bushes"
6. (verb) peep
speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice
7. (verb) peep
appear as though from hiding
"the new moon peeped through the tree tops"
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1. (verb) peep
to take a quick look at sth, especially secretly
He peeped from behind the curtain.
2. (noun) peep
a quick look at sth
a quick peep through the hole in the fence
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) peep
the cry of a young chicken; a chirp
2. (noun) peep
first outlook or appearance
3. (noun) peep
a sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment
4. (noun) peep
any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla)
5. (noun) peep
the European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis)
6. (verb) peep
to cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep
7. (verb) peep
to begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance
8. (verb) peep
to look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry
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Sense: to look through a narrow opening or from behind something
She peeped through the window.
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 Afrikaans: loer |
 Arabic: يَنْظُرُ خِلال |
 Bulgarian: надничам |
 Brazilian: espreitar |
 Czech: vykouknout |
 German: gucken |
 Danish: kigge |
 Greek: κρυφοκοιτάζω, κάνω μάτι |
 Spanish: espiar |
 Estonian: piiluma |
 Farsi: دید زدن |
 Finnish: kurkkia |
 French: regarder qqch.à la dérobé |
 Hebrew: הֲצָצָה |
 Hindi: झांकना |
 Croatian: viriti |
 Hungarian: kandikál |
 Indonesian: mengintip |
 Icelandic: gægjast, kíkja |
 Italian: sbirciatina |
 Japanese: のぞく |
 Korean: 슬쩍 들여다보다 |
 Lithuanian: pažvelgti, išlįsti, pasir |
 Latvian: paskatīties |
 Malay: mengintai |
 Dutch: gluren |
 Norwegian: kikke, titte |
 Polish: zerkać |
 Persian: دید زدن |
 Pashto: چوڼېدل، چوغېدل |
 Portuguese: espreitar |
 Romanian: a se uita pe furiş |
 Russian: подглядывать |
 Slovak: vykuknúť |
 Slovenian: oprezati |
 Serbian: viriti |
 Swedish: kika |
 Thai: ลอบมอง |
 Turkish: ...-den bakmak |
 Taiwanese: 窺視 |
 Ukrainian: заглядати; визирати |
 Urdu: جھانکنا |
 Vietnamese: liếc nhìn |
 Chinese: 窥视 |
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