Peep

Noun

 * 1) A quiet sound, particularly one from a baby bird.
 * 2) A feeble utterance or complaint.
 * I don't want to hear a peep out of you!
 * 1) A kind of bird; a sandpiper.

Verb

 * 1) To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
 * 2) To speak briefly with a quiet voice.

Verb

 * 1) To look, especially while trying not to be seen or noticed.
 * The man peeped through the small hole.

Hypernyms

 * glance

Noun

 * 1) A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one.

Noun

 * 1)  A spot on a die or domino, also called pip.
 * 2) A confection composed of sugar-coated marshmallow, molded in the shape of a small chick. The most popular examples are dyed yellow, the normal color of a domestic chicken hatchling, from the sound of whose cry the name is presumed to have originated. Various shapes and colors are available.  In the US they are especially popular at Easter, and therefore also available in the shape of a baby bunny, which may be colored white but nevertheless sold as a "peep".

Noun

 * 1)  person.

Adjectives for Peep
fair; momentary; hasty.

Adverbs for Peep
shyly; slyly; shrinkingly; daringly; audaciously; modestly; coyly; flirtatiously.

Thesaurus
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

Pronunciation




Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic, from pepen

Etymology 2
From pepen, variant of piken

Etymology 3
Of uncertain origin

Etymology 4
, a shortened form of people.

Noun

 * Czech:
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Italian: cinguettio
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: pío


 * Czech:

Verb

 * Czech:
 * Finnish:


 * Hungarian: csipog
 * Italian: cinguettare
 * Russian: пищать, пискнуть


 * Czech:

Verb

 * Czech:
 * Hungarian: kukucskál


 * Italian: spuntare
 * Russian: подглядывать,
 * Scots:

Noun

 * Czech:
 * Hungarian:, kukkantás


 * Scots:

Derived terms

 * by-peep
 * peeper, peepers


 * peep pixels
 * peep show


 * peeping tom
 * pixel peeper