peep

[peep]

To peep is to take a quick, secret glance at something. Kids might peep into the living room on Christmas morning to see if Santa came the night before.

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To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep.

Noun
a secret look

Noun
the short weak cry of a young bird

Verb
appear as though from hiding; "the new moon peeped through the tree tops"

Verb
speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice

Verb
make high-pitched sounds; of birds

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Verb
cause to appear; "he peeped his head through the window"

Verb
look furtively; "He peeped at the woman through the window"

v. i.
To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep.

v. i.
To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.

v. i.
To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry.

n.
The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.

n.
First outlook or appearance.

n.
A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment.

n.
Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla).

n.
The European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).

Peep

Peep , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peeped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Peeping.] [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. pipen, F. piper, p'82pier, 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.

2. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.

When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms bear.

3. To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry.

eep through the blanket of the dark.

From her cabined loophole peep.

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

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.

3. A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment.

To take t' other peep at the stars.

4. (Zo'94l.) (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]

To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep.

The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.

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