Peep

Definition: Peep

Peep

Noun

1. The short weak cry of a young bird.

2. A secret look.

Verb

1. Look furtively.

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

Date "peep" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Health

Literature

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

PEEP

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Peep

Amusement

Toy, plaything, bauble; doll; (puppet ); teetotum; knickknack; (trifle); magic lantern; (show); peep show, puppet show, raree show, gallanty show; toy shop; "quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks and wreathed smiles".

Disclosure

Be disclosed; transpire, come to light; come in sight; (be visible); become known, escape the lips; come out, ooze out, creep out, leak out, peep out, crop-out; show its face, show its colors; discover; itself; break through the clouds, flash on the mind.

Inquiry

Reconnoitering, reconnaissance; prying; Verb: espionage, espionnage; domiciliary visit, peep behind the curtain; lantern of Diogenes.

Morning

Peep of day, break of day; aurora; first blush of the morning, first flush of the morning, prime of the morning; twilight, crepuscule, sunrise; cockcrowing; the small hours, the wee hours of the morning.

Crosswords: Peep

Manx (peep ).

Ross, that was a Halloween costume, unless you would like me to go to this thing as Little Bo Peep. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

We're going to get you, we're going to get you, not another peep, now we go to sleep (The Evil Dead; writing credit: Sam Raimi)

Na Na, steady rise, peep this out (Get Me Home; performing artist: FOXY)

Peep baby boy style, hopin we match (Get Me Home; performing artist: FOXY)

Peep the vertical grills (Awnaw; performing artist: Nappy Roots)

I peep something comin towards me on the dance floor (Ride Wit Me (Featuring City Spud); performing artist: Nelly)

Just peep it while I freak this , (Freakin It; performing artist: Will Smith)

Peep Show (2002)

Little Boa Peep (1974)

The Peep Show (1962)

IBM Mathematics Peep Show (1961)

The French Peep Show (1950)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Peep Behind the Scenes: A Little Girl's Journey of Discovery (reference)

• A Pin to See the Peep Show [ABRIDGED] (reference)

• Hide and Peep (Fairy School, No 8) (reference)

• Little Peep (reference)

• Old English Peep Show (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Best of Luke's Peep Show, Vol. 1 (reference)

• Peep Show (reference)

• Peep Show: Chi- Town's Original Players (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Let's Talk About Girls/Peep Peep Pop Pop (reference)

• Luke's Peep Show [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

• Peep Show (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A peep into futurity, or a picture of 1841. Credit: Library of Congress.

A peep at the future. Credit: Library of Congress.

I'm not a bit curious but I'd like to peep into that book. Credit: Library of Congress.

Little Bo Peep / J.G. Brown ; J. Howard Collier lith. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Or I heard the peep of the young when I could not see the parent bird

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Most ventilators have a PEEP adjustment. (references)

They result from fluid overload, mechanical ventilation, PEEP, and other procedures used in the management of respiratory failure. (references)

Additional treatments employ ventilation which helps to keep the lungs inflated at low lung volumes (positive end-expiratory pressure, PEEP), and fluid and nutritional management. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "peep": at peep of day ♦ get a peep ♦ have a peep ♦ have a peep at smth. ♦ peep a sound ♦ peep at ♦ peep behind the curtain ♦ peep hole ♦ peep in ♦ peep of day ♦ peep out ♦ peep show ♦ peep sight ♦ peep through the curtains ♦ peep through the keyhole ♦ take a peep. Additional references.

Beginning with "peep": peep-bo, peep-bo!, peep-hole, peep-holes, peep-o, Peep-o'-day boys, peep-peep-peep, peep-show, peep-toe, peep-toed.

Ending with "peep": boo-peep, bo-peep, Day-peep, peep-peep-peep, play bo-peep.

Afrikaans

beloer (peep upon, spy, spy upon), begluur (peep at, spy, spy upon). (various references)

Albanian

pipëtimë, pipëtij, përgjoj (eavesdrop, peek, spy, watch), përgjim (listening, listening in, peek, watchfulness), zbardhje e ditës, zbardhëllen (dawn), zbardh (blanch, bleach, dawn, whiten, whitewash), vrimë për të përgjuar (peep hole), shikoj vjedhurazi (peek), shikim vjedhurazi (peek), shfaqem (appear, crop up, dawn, develop, emerge, peer, pop up, roll up, show up), nxjerr kryet (peer), cicërin (pip, prattle), cicërimë (Carol, chatter, chirp, chirrup, tweet, twitter, warble), çelje (shoot). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نظرة سريعة (blink), ‏نظرة بحذر و مكر, ‏قنديل (lamp), ‏سقسقة (chirp, tweet), ‏زقزقة (chatter, cheep, chirp, chirrup, pipe, squeak), ‏زقزق (chatter, cheep, chirp, chirrup, pip, pipe, squeak), ‏صوت ضعيف واهن, ‏صرخات ضعيفة, ‏إختلس النظر (peek), ‏ظهر (appear, arise, back, brighten up, bring out, come to light, declare, declassify, define, denote, develop, evidence, exercise, exhibit, express, feature, image, indicate, infer, loom, manifest, mark, note, occur, outcrop, parade, play up, poke, pop up, proclaim, produce, reveal, show, show up, spring, surface, turn up, walk), ‏بزغ (dawn, rise). (various references)

Bulgarian 

провиждам се, пискане, писукам (cheep, pipe, squeak), писукане (cheep, squeak), писък (cry, scream, screech, shriek, squall, squeak, squeal, yawl, yowl), подавам се (peer, protrude, stick out, stick up), поглеждам (give a look, look, look in, take a look at), пискам (squeak, squeal), показвам се (flaunt, parade, peer, show), цвърчене (squeak), проявявам се (acquit oneself, manifest, show oneself), надзъртам (keek, peek, pry), надзъртане (keek, peek), надничам (peek, peer, pry), надничане (peek), цвъртене (chirp, chirr, sizzle, splutter, sputter, stridulate, twitter), цвъртя (chirp, chirr, chirrup, sizzle, sputter, stridulate), поглеждане крадешком. (various references)

Chinese 

闞 , 闚 (broad, pry into, rich, wide), 窺 (pry into), 窥视, 張望 (look around), 偷看 . (various references)

Czech

pokukovat (keek, peek, peer), pípat (beep, cheep, pipe), típat, nakouknout, kradmo se dívat, kradmý pohled, krátký pohled. (various references)

Danish

peek-a-boo kort (Batten card, body-punched aspect card, coincidence hole card, peek-a-boo card, peep-hole card), sigthulkort (Batten card, Batten cards, body-punched aspect card, body-punched aspect cards, body-punched feature cards, coincidence hole card, coincidence hole cards, peek-a-boo card, peek-a-boo cards, peep-hole card, peep-hole cards), observationshul (bye hole, observation hole, peep hole, peephole, sight hole), kighul (bye hole, observation hole, peep hole, peephole, sight hole). (various references)

Dutch

tjilpen (chirp, twitter), sjilpen (chirp, twitter), piepen (chirp, creak, gnash, grate, grind, twitter, whistle), kwetteren (chirp, twitter). (various references)

Esperanto

pepi (chirp, twitter), observi kaŝe (peep at, spy, spy upon), kaŝobservi (peep upon, spy, spy upon). (various references)

Faeroese

láta (chirp, twitter). (various references)

Farsi 

جیک جیک (Chirp), ظهور (Appearance, Emersion, Income, Outbreak, Outburst), روشناءی کم , روزنه (Aperture, Hatch, Loophole, Orifice, Outlet, Peephole, Pore, Scuttle, Window), اشکارشدن (Unfold), ازسوراخ نگاه کردن , باچشم نیم بازنگاه کردن , جیرجیرکردن (Cheep, Chirp, Yip), نیش افتاب , جیک زدن , طلوع (Break, Dawn, Rise), طلوع کردن (Arise, Rise, Uprise), کمی (Bittock, Deficiency, Infrequency, Insignificance, Insufficience, Insufficiency, Paucity, Piece, Quantitative, Rarity), نگاه دزدکی (Leer, Slink), نگاه زیرچشمی , جوانه زدن (Branch, Bud, Burgeon, Erupt, Germinate, Grain, Leaf, Nip, Ratoon, Shoot, Sprit, Sprout, Spurt, Tiller). (various references)

Finnish

pilkistää, kurkistaa (have a look, peer). (various references)

French

pépier, gazouiller. (various references)

German

piepsen (bleep, cheep, chirps, chirrup, pipe, pule, squeak, to cheep, tweet), piepen (bleep, cheep, chirp, chirrup, pipe, pule, squeak, to beep, tweet, twitter). (various references)

Greek 

κρυφοκοιτάζω. (various references)

Hebrew 

לחטוף מבט, להציץ (gaze, glance at, peek, peer, pry, squint). (various references)

Hungarian

kukucskálás, csipogás (cheep, chip, chirp, chirping, tweet), takarékláng, kukkantás, kis méretű dzsip, kis gázláng, keskeny fénysáv, katonai kisautó (jeep), cincogás (squeak), apró partfutó. (various references)

Indonesian

tengok, mengintip (pry, spy, watch stealthily), mencicit. (various references)

Italian

pigolio (cheep, piping, whimper), pigolare (cheep, whimper), squittio (squeak), sbirciata (peek), sbirciare (glance at, peek), occhieggiare (eye, Ogle), occhiata (blink, glance, glimpse, look, peek). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

覗く (to look in, to peek in, to peep in, to stick out), 垣間見る　 (to catch a glimpse of, to take a peep at), 垣間見る (to catch a glimpse of, to take a peep at), ド＝ブローイ波 (de Broglie wave, Deutschmark, door, door boy, door chain, door check, door girl, door hinge, door lock, door mirror, door operating equipment, door peephole, doorman, doormat, doors, door-to-door, door-to-door sales, Germany, intercommunication system, peep hole), ビル風 (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, Peeping Tom, 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), ぴよぴよ鳴く (becoming tense, biting, burning the tongue, hot, pungent, racy, smart, sting, tingle, to cheep, to peep). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ドアスコープ (peep hole), ピープショー (peep show), のぞく (aster, to except, to exclude, to look in, to peek in, to peep in, to remove, to stick out, wild chrysanthemum), かいまみる (to catch a glimpse of, to take a peep at), ぴよぴよなく (to cheep, to peep). (various references)

Korean 

우는 소리 (Bellow, Whine). (various references)

Manx

steetagh (knavish, peeping, prying, sneaking), speeikey (descry, descrying, peeping, pry, prying, spy), speeikearagh (descrying, pry, spy, spying), peepal, peep, peeikearagh (curiosity, descrying, nosey, peeping, pry, pryer, prying, view, view from concealment, watch), meekey (blink, blinking, flick of eye, flicker, twinkle, wink), keekey (peeping, snoop, snooping), keekal (peeping, snoop, snooping), keek. (various references)

Pig Latin

eeppay.(various references)

Portuguese

pipilar (chirp, peek, pip, pule, tweet, twitter), piar (cheep, chirp, get up the better, hoot, peek, pip, pule, screech, tu-whoo, twitter). (various references)

Romanian

privire furişã, privi pe furiş, piuit (cheep, cheeping), piui (cheep, pipe), iţi, apariţie (advent, apparition, appearance, arrival, birth, emergence, entry, ghost, issue, occurrence, phantom, shape, sight, spectre, vision), arunca o cãutãturã, aruncãturã de ochi (glance, glimpse), cãutãturã (appearance, gaze, glance, glare, look, regard, stare, view), chiţãi (squeak), chiţãit (squeak), ciripi (Carol, chatter, chirp, chirrup, pipe, twitter, warble), apãrea (appear, arise, break, come, come in one's way, come in sight, crop out, dawn, emerge, figure, glimpse, go out, happen, peer, present, rise, show one's face, spring), claxon (hooter, horn, klaxon), vorbuliţã, se ivi (appear, arise, break, come, come to light, crop up, dawn, emerge, loom, offer, peer, perform, present, spring), se uita pe furiş, semn de viaţã, vorbã (accent, agreement, discussion, gossip, pepper, rumor, rumour, say, saying, story, subject, talk, word, words), ciripit (Carol, chatter, chirp, chirrup, garrulity, lay, twitter, warble). (various references)

Russian 

скважина (bore, chink, hole, keyhole, pore, slit), смотреть сквозь дырочку, щель (areaway, call slot, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure, flaw, gap, hiatus, interstice, notch, rent, rift, slit, slit trench, slot), чириканье (chirp), выглядывать (peer), взгляд украдкой (furtive glance, peek, stealthy glance), заглядывать (peek, pop in), проблеск (flash, gleam, glimmering, glimpse), подглядывать (keek, kike, snoop, snooped), первое появление, писк (cheep, squeak), пищать (cheep, pip, pipe, pule, squall, squeak). (various references)

Scottish

stìd. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

provirivati (show), proviriti (protrude), pijukati (cheep, pip), pijukanje (cheep), pijuk (gad, hack, mattock, pickax), zavirivati, zavirivanje, viriti (keek, peek, peer, stick out), virenje (peek), cijukati, cijukanje. (various references)

Spanish

piar (cheep, chirp, chirrup, pule, tweet), pío pío, mirar furtivamente, mirada furtiva, grito agudo (squeal), asomar (peep out, poke, poke out, put out, show, stick out, thrust out). (various references)

Swedish

titta (consider, deem, glance, look, peek, regard, see, to look, view, watch), pipa (beep, cheep, chirp, Fife, pipe, squeak, tube, tweet, wheeze, whimper, whistle), kika (consider, deem, keek, look, peek, peer, pry, regard, view, watch). (various references)

Thai

เสียงบ่นจากบางคน (another peep (out of you)). (various references)

Turkish

röntgencilik yapmak, korna sesi (beep, honk, hoot, toot), kaçamak bakmak, kaçamak bakış (a surreptitious glance, running glance), gözetlemek (case, case the joint, espy, eye, keep cave, observe, peek, pry, pry about, pry into, spy, spy on, spy on smb., spy out, spy upon, stand over, watch), görünme (apparition, appearance, manifestation), görünüvermek (make one's appearance, peep out), dikizlemek (case, case the joint, have a peep, peek, pry, pry about, pry into, take a peep), dikiz, delikten bakma, civciv sesi, cik cik (tut, tut tut), cik, cırtlak ses, çıkmak (ascend, break out, break through, climb, come about, come off, come on, come out, come to a head, come up, crop out, date, date up, detach, drop out, emanate, emerge, erupt, escalate, eventuate, exit, extricate oneself, extrude, flirt, get off, go for, go forth, go off, go out, go together, go with, grow out of, grow up, hatch, have it's source in, issue, jut, jut out, keep company with, knock about, knock around, launch, launch out, move out, occur, originate, peep out, photograph, point, present oneself, prove, puff out, puff up, pull out, pullulate, quit, rise, rub off, rub out, sally forth, sally out, secede, separate, shoot out, spoon, spring, stem, step out, step up, stick, stick out, take it's source from, take out, take to, walk out, walk out of, walk out with, well forth, work out). (various references)

Turkmen 

yюyklamak (peep (squeak), spy), kцw salmak (look, peep over, under), jyklamak (peep at, spy), jьяgьldy (peep (squeak), squeak), jьяgьldemek (peep (squeak)). (various references)

Ukrainian

щулитися (blink, cower), щілина (air space, aperture, chap, chink, chop, cleft, crack, cranny, notch, opening), швидкий погляд (eye-beam, glance), виднітися, заглядати (look in, look into, peek), проростати (germinate, grow out, pullulate, spire), проблиск (flash, flicker, spark, sparkle). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tiếng kêu chít chít, sự ló ra, sự hé ra, sự hé lộ ra. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "peep": peeped, peeper, peepers, peephole, peepholes, peeping, peeps, peepshow, peepshows, peepul, peepuls. (additional references)

Words ending with "peep": bopeep, sandpeep. (additional references)

Words containing "peep": bopeeps, sandpeeps. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Peep" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eep, eplp, eppe, Meep, peap, peec, peeep, peeg, peej, Peepbo, peepo, Peepul, peepz, peeq, peev, peex, peez, pefec, peip, pelp, pepe, Pepel, pepi, pepp, perp, phee, piep, plep, poep, Preap, Puehpd, py, pyb, Pypu, veep, yeep. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: pee, pep.

-2 letters: pe.

+1 letter: peeps.

+2 letters: bopeep, epopee, kepped, keppen, peeped, peeper, peepul, people, pepped, pepper, rappee, repped, steppe, upkeep, yippee.

+3 letters: appease, bopeeps, epitope, epopees, eupepsy, papered, paperer, peepers, peeping, peepuls, peopled, peopler, peoples, peppers, peppery, peppier, pepsine, peptide, peptize, peptone, percept, perpend, perpent, perplex, pipeage, pipette, popeyed, precept, precipe, preempt, prepare, prepped, preppie, prepreg, prepuce, pretape, pretype, propene, rappees, repaper, speedup, stepped, stepper, steppes, upkeeps, upsweep.