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Definition: Peeping Tom |
Peeping TomNoun1. 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. |
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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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"Peeping Tom" is a slang term for a voyeur. See the legend of Lady Godiva for its origin.Fiction:
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- Michael Powell: Peeping Tom (1960)
- Ira Levin: Sliver (1991)
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Synonyms: Peeping TomSynonyms: peeper (n), voyeur (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Peeping Tom |
| English words defined with "Peeping Tom": Godiva ♦ Lady Godiva. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Peeping Tom": Peeping Tom of Coventry. (references) |
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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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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Peeping Tom. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| 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. |
| 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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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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