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Definitions for: Peep [n] a secret look
[n] the short weak cry of a young bird
[v] look furtively
Webster (1913) Definition: Peep, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peeped; 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.
There was none that moved the wing, or opened the
mouth, or peeped. --Is. x. 14.
2. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to
make the first appearance.
When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms
bear. --Dryden.
3. To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a
crevice; to pry.
eep through the blanket of the dark. --Shak.
From her cabined loophole peep. --Milton.
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, 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. --Gray.
3. A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place
of concealment.
To take t' other peep at the stars. --Swift.
4. (Zo["o]l.)
(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]
Synonyms: cheep, peek, peek
See Also: cry, look, look, looking, looking at
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