'Peeped' definitions:
Definition of 'Peeped'
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]