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Peeping Tom

Definition: Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom

Noun

1. A viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definition: Peeping Tom

DomainDefinition

Slang in 1811

PEEPING TOM. A nick name for a curious prying fellow; derived from an old legendary tale, told of a taylor of Coventry, who, when Godiva countess of Chester rode at noon quite naked through that town, in order to procure certain immunities for the inhabit. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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Specialty Definition: Peeping Tom

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

"Peeping Tom" is a slang term for a voyeur. See the legend of Lady Godiva for its origin.

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Peeping Tom."

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Synonyms: Peeping Tom

Synonyms: peeper (n), voyeur (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Peeping Tom

English words defined with "Peeping Tom": GodivaLady Godiva. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Peeping Tom": Peeping Tom of Coventry. (references)

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Modern Usage: Peeping Tom

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Remember last time, when she called about that Peeping Tom -- you know who that was, don't you (The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming; writing credit: Nathaniel Benchley; William Rose)

Movie/TV Titles

Peeping Tom (1960)

Adventures of Peeping Tom No. 28 (2001)

The Video Adventures of Peeping Tom 16 (1998)

Peeping Tom (1991)

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Commercial Usage: Peeping Tom

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Theater & Movies

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Image Slideshow: Peeping Tom

Computer Images:
Peeping Tom

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Photo Album: Peeping Tom

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Peeping Tom. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Peeping Tom

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

peeping tom

491

camera hidden peeping tom

4

peeping tom pic

34

law peeping tom

3

peeping tom picture

23

free peeping tom

3

peeping tom thumb

18

peeping tom sex

3

free peeping tom pic

13

peeping tom movie

3

peeping tom photo

12

peeping tom voyeur

3

peeping tom gallery

9

peeping tom web cam

2

mike patton peeping tom

8

peeping tom nude pic

2

peeping tom story

7

peeping tom underwear

2

peeping tom cam

7

xxx peeping tom

2

peeping peeping tom voyeurism

5

fantasy peeping tom

2

peeping tom.com

5

25 adventure peeping tom vol

2

free peeping tom picture

4

peeping tom upskirt

2

28 peeping tom

4

free peeping tom photo

2

peeping tom video

4

peeping tom thumbnail

2
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Modern Translation: Peeping Tom

Language Translations for "Peeping Tom"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

voyeur (voyeur), spanner (press, prowler, racket press, stretcher). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ματάκιας (peeper), ηδονοβλεψίασ (peeper, voyeur). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מציץ (peeper, squeaky), מציצן (voyeur). (various references)

   

Italian

  

guardone (welt). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

覗" , 覗き" , 覗き見 , "ル風 (binding, bingo, eddies of wind around high buildings, foot fastening, green pepper, pea coat, pea jacket, peace, peach, peacock, peahen, peak, peanut, peanut butter, peanuts, peas, peek, peep show, people, people's capitalism, Peter Pan syndrome, Piaget, pianica, pianist, piano, piano and harmonica, piazza, piece, piecework, piercer, pimento, PR, public relations, Russian food, velvet, village, vintage, vintage year), 出歯亀 (voyeur), 出歯かめ (voyeur). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

"ー"ングト , のぞきま, のぞきみ, でばがめ (voyeur), でばかめ (voyeur). (various references)

   

Manx

  

Thom Keekagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eepingpay omtay.(various references)

   

Spanish

  

mirón (lurker, onlooker, peeper, rubberneck, voyeur). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

röntgenci tip, röntgenci (peeper, voyeur). (various references)

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Anagrams: Peeping Tom

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-g-i-m-n-o-p-p-t"

-3 letters: emoting, epigone, epitome, epitope, meeting, mitogen, mopping, onetime, peeping, peptone, pigment, pimento, teeming, temping, topping.

-4 letters: emetin, epigon, gemote, genome, impone, meting, metope, moping, moppet, optime, opting, peeing, pigeon, pigpen, pitmen, pointe, pongee, poteen, potmen, potpie, teeing, tegmen, toeing, toneme, toping.

-5 letters: emote, gemot, genet, genie, genip, genom, gipon, gnome, inept, ingot, monie.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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