Peep
verb
To look quickly and secretly at something, especially through a small opening.
Joey peeped through the window to see who was at the door.
Often appears as...
- peep through
- peep at
noun
A quick and secret look.
He took a quick peep at the notes before the exam.
Often appears as...
- take a peep
- sneak a peep
verb
To make a soft, high sound, like a baby bird.
The chicks peeped in their nest.
Often appears as...
- peep out
- peep in
noun
A soft, high sound made by a baby bird.
The peep of the new chicks could be heard from across the field.
Often appears as...
- chicks' peep
- birds' peep
verb
To look quickly and secretly at something, especially through a small opening.
Joey peeped through the window to see who was at the door.
Often appears as...
- peep through
- peep at
noun
A quick and secret look.
He took a quick peep at the notes before the exam.
Often appears as...
- take a peep
- sneak a peep
verb
To make a soft, high sound, like a baby bird.
The chicks peeped in their nest.
Often appears as...
- peep out
- peep in
noun
A soft, high sound made by a baby bird.
The peep of the new chicks could be heard from across the field.
Often appears as...
- chicks' peep
- birds' peep
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Sneaky Peek
Use 'peep' when describing a look that's both quick and somewhat hidden or secretive.
She peeped at the answers sheet when the teacher wasn't looking.
Pro Tip 2/3Tiny Glimpse
'Peep' implies a very brief moment of sight, usually through a small space.
Thomas peeped through the keyhole to see the surprise party preparations.
Pro Tip 3/3Curiosity Context
Often conveys curiosity or nosiness, sometimes with a playful tone.
Curiosity made the kitten peep into the empty box.
Pro Tip 1/3Sneaky Peek
Use 'peep' when describing a look that's both quick and somewhat hidden or secretive.
She peeped at the answers sheet when the teacher wasn't looking.
Pro Tip 2/3Tiny Glimpse
'Peep' implies a very brief moment of sight, usually through a small space.
Thomas peeped through the keyhole to see the surprise party preparations.
Pro Tip 3/3Curiosity Context
Often conveys curiosity or nosiness, sometimes with a playful tone.
Curiosity made the kitten peep into the empty box.
Pro Tip 1/3Sneaky Peek
Use 'peep' when describing a look that's both quick and somewhat hidden or secretive.
She peeped at the answers sheet when the teacher wasn't looking.
Pro Tip 2/3Tiny Glimpse
'Peep' implies a very brief moment of sight, usually through a small space.
Thomas peeped through the keyhole to see the surprise party preparations.
Pro Tip 3/3Curiosity Context
Often conveys curiosity or nosiness, sometimes with a playful tone.
Curiosity made the kitten peep into the empty box.
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that challenge he rose up and he ran thousand miles he didn't finish his run i think cancer came back and yeah and killed him but but you know his legacy raised I think how billion dollars close to a billion dollars for cancer research his name is still talked about I still a hero peep so many people and I just
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FBI Outlaw Snitch PIPE...
okay it's it's over FBI you know when I take my chances that way you get talking they came over and started checking out seeing all the groceries and junk that I had you know like a bunch of little kids I go oh you got this and that's good i peeped through the curtain I observe
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Rachel Sussman: The...
as so what these trees have done is, if you can imagine that this is the crown of the tree, and that this is ground level, imagine that the whole thing, that whole bulk of the tree, migrated underground, and you just have those leaves peeping up above the surface.
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Tom Thum: The orchestra...
I'd like to introduce you to the star of the show, one of the greatest jazz legends of our time. Music lovers and jazz lovers alike, please give a warm hand of applause for the one and only Mr. Peeping Tom. Take it away.
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Is this the most...
which also constituted their exoskeletons. These lenses allowed trilobites to form sharp images and quickly sense changes in light. Some had long eye stalks that helped them peep above the muddy sea floor
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A floating peep show PIPE...
that by opening a floating Peep Show it was the most natural thing I could do in the face of the whitewashed predictable suburban lifeless flattened reality that is displacing the very texture of our
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What happens in your...
Maybe just a little more -- Alright, cool, I think we're good. To all my peeps who came to get deep, deep as the abyss -- check this.
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Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
peeps is interested in it Oh interest is no real difference in the sixes there might be a slight difference in size but
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Adorable Lemurs Roam...
follow fajita syndrome annuity reason the targeted na na moon peep if only people to one function return a new
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Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
asking you a question between to peep I'm sorry I don't understand what you said
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Hangout With the...
that challenge he rose up and he ran thousand miles he didn't finish his run i think cancer came back and yeah and killed him but but you know his legacy raised I think how billion dollars close to a billion dollars for cancer research his name is still talked about I still a hero peep so many people and I just
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FBI Outlaw Snitch PIPE...
okay it's it's over FBI you know when I take my chances that way you get talking they came over and started checking out seeing all the groceries and junk that I had you know like a bunch of little kids I go oh you got this and that's good i peeped through the curtain I observe
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Rachel Sussman: The...
as so what these trees have done is, if you can imagine that this is the crown of the tree, and that this is ground level, imagine that the whole thing, that whole bulk of the tree, migrated underground, and you just have those leaves peeping up above the surface.
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Tom Thum: The orchestra...
I'd like to introduce you to the star of the show, one of the greatest jazz legends of our time. Music lovers and jazz lovers alike, please give a warm hand of applause for the one and only Mr. Peeping Tom. Take it away.
Video examples
Is this the most...
which also constituted their exoskeletons. These lenses allowed trilobites to form sharp images and quickly sense changes in light. Some had long eye stalks that helped them peep above the muddy sea floor
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A floating peep show PIPE...
that by opening a floating Peep Show it was the most natural thing I could do in the face of the whitewashed predictable suburban lifeless flattened reality that is displacing the very texture of our
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What happens in your...
Maybe just a little more -- Alright, cool, I think we're good. To all my peeps who came to get deep, deep as the abyss -- check this.
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Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
peeps is interested in it Oh interest is no real difference in the sixes there might be a slight difference in size but
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Adorable Lemurs Roam...
follow fajita syndrome annuity reason the targeted na na moon peep if only people to one function return a new
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Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
asking you a question between to peep I'm sorry I don't understand what you said
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Robert Fortune
Scottish Scientist
As the lower parts of the Japanese houses and shops are open both before and behind, I had peeps of these pretty little gardens as I passed along the streets; and wherever I observed one better than the rest I did not fail to pay it a visit.
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Jiddu Krishnamurti
Indian Philosopher
Life is relationship, living is relationship. We cannot live if you and I have built a wall around ourselves and just peep over that wall occasionally. Unconsciously, deeply, under the wall, we are related.
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Brent Faiyaz
I've always felt like I was observing everything, like I'm just looking out of the window, peeping how everybody is living and just penning about it, so I made the album about that concept.
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Michael Bay
American Director
For me, the great joy is to watch an audience watching what I've made. To hear not a peep from the audience at the right moment, and then to hear the laughs and the cheers.
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Steve Hilton
British Businessman
For decades, without so much as a peep from the Trump-hating establishment, China manipulated its currency and stole American technology.
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Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
Our dreaming capacity gives us a peep into the glorious realities that await us further on. It is the evidence of things possible to us.
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Kendrick Lamar
American Musician
I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.
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John Perry Barlow
American Writer
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
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Vatsal Sheth
Indian Actor
I've never mouthed a dialogue in front of the mirror. I only peep in to check my hair.
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Matt Kemp
American Athlete
I've always liked shoes. I peep everybody's shoes out to see what they're rocking.
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Robert Fortune
Scottish Scientist
As the lower parts of the Japanese houses and shops are open both before and behind, I had peeps of these pretty little gardens as I passed along the streets; and wherever I observed one better than the rest I did not fail to pay it a visit.
Quote examples
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Indian Philosopher
Life is relationship, living is relationship. We cannot live if you and I have built a wall around ourselves and just peep over that wall occasionally. Unconsciously, deeply, under the wall, we are related.
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Brent Faiyaz
I've always felt like I was observing everything, like I'm just looking out of the window, peeping how everybody is living and just penning about it, so I made the album about that concept.
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Michael Bay
American Director
For me, the great joy is to watch an audience watching what I've made. To hear not a peep from the audience at the right moment, and then to hear the laughs and the cheers.
Quote examples
Steve Hilton
British Businessman
For decades, without so much as a peep from the Trump-hating establishment, China manipulated its currency and stole American technology.
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Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
Our dreaming capacity gives us a peep into the glorious realities that await us further on. It is the evidence of things possible to us.
Quote examples
Kendrick Lamar
American Musician
I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.
Quote examples
John Perry Barlow
American Writer
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
Quote examples
Vatsal Sheth
Indian Actor
I've never mouthed a dialogue in front of the mirror. I only peep in to check my hair.
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Matt Kemp
American Athlete
I've always liked shoes. I peep everybody's shoes out to see what they're rocking.
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