'Peep' definitions:
Definition of 'peep'
From: WordNet
noun
The short weak cry of a young bird [syn: cheep, peep]
noun
A secret look [syn: peek, peep]
verb
Look furtively; "He peeped at the woman through the window"
verb
Cause to appear; "he peeped his head through the window"
verb
Make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes" [syn: peep, cheep, chirp, chirrup]
verb
Speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice
verb
Appear as though from hiding; "the new moon peeped through the tree tops"
Definition of 'Peep'
From: GCIDE
- Peep \Peep\ (p[=e]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peeped (p[=e]pt); 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. [1913 Webster]
- There was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. --Is. x. 14. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance; as, the sun peeped over the eastern hills. [1913 Webster]
- When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms bear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry. [1913 Webster]
- Peep through the blanket of the dark. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- From her cabined loophole peep. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Peep'
From: GCIDE
- Peep \Peep\ (p[=e]p), n.
- 1. The cry of a young chicken; a chirp. [1913 Webster]
- 2. First outlook or appearance. [1913 Webster]
- Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment. [1913 Webster]
- To take t' other peep at the stars. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Zool.) (a) Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper ({Trigna minutilla}). (b) The European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis). [1913 Webster]
- 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] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'peep'
From: Moby 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