Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Peephole |
PeepholeNoun1. A hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "peephole" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references) |
Synonym: PeepholeSynonym: spyhole (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Opening | Noun: hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel; transforation; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; eyelet; slot. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Peephole |
| English words defined with "peephole": Judas, Judas hole ♦ open sight ♦ Peeping hole ♦ Sight-hole. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "peephole": DRAWING-KILN OPERATOR, drawing-machine operator ♦ kiln operator ♦ peephole optimisation, program transformation ♦ Register Transfer Language. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Peephole (1996) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
 |
| "Old Historic Jail in downtown" by Mike Swope Commentary: "Old Historic Jail through peephole in door in downtown Mulvane, Kansas." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Travel | Azerbaijan | It is recommended that residential housing have basic security features such as a steel door, a peephole, and adequate lighting in entryways and hallways. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Peephole" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Peephole" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 20 | 78,262 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "peephole": peephole card ♦ peephole optimisation. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
peephole | 96 |
peephole cam | 56 |
peephole camera | 9 |
door peephole | 8 |
bra peephole | 6 |
peephole voyeur | 2 |
peephole wifeysworld | 2 |
frame friend peephole | 2 |
peephole photo | 2 |
cam free peephole | 2 |
peephole reverse | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "peephole"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | ثقب يختلس منه النظر, ثقب الباب. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | шпионка (eyehole, eyelet, spyhole). (various references) | |
Czech | skulina (chink, cranny, gap, leak, loophole, slit), hledítko, špehýrka. (various references) | |
Danish | observationshul (bye hole, observation hole, peep hole, sight hole), kighul (bye hole, observation hole, peep hole, sight hole). (various references) | |
Dutch | kijkglas (bye hole, inspection glass, observation hole, peep hole, plexiglass tube, sight hole), kijkgat (bye hole, hatch, inspection hole, observation hole, peep hole, sight hole, vision panel). (various references) | |
Farsi | روزنه (Aperture, Hatch, Loophole, Orifice, Outlet, Peep, Pore, Scuttle, Window), دیدگاه (Beacon, Lookout, Sight, Standpoint, Viewpoint), درز (Crevice, Gap, Interstice, Seam, Slit, Suture). (various references) | |
Finnish | tirkistysaukko (bye hole, observation hole, peep hole, sight hole), tarkkailuaukko (bye hole, observation hole, peep hole, sight hole). (various references) | |
French | trou pour épier, regard (peep hole), mouchard (peep hole), judas. (various references) | |
German | Guckloch (loophole, spy hole). (various references) | |
Greek | θυρίδα παρατηρήσεως (bye hole, observation hole, peep hole, sight hole). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חור הצצה, אשנב הצצה. (various references) | |
Hungarian | kukucskáló (peepy). (various references) | |
Italian | spia (emissary, indication, informer, light, spy, spyhole, squeaker). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 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). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ドアアイ (door peephole). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eepholepay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vigia (guard, household troops, keeper, look-out, night watch, overlooker, porthole, scuttle, taskmaster, tender, tenter, viewer, vigilante gang, ward, watch). (various references) | |
Russian | глазок локальный (peep-hole). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | špijunka (spyhole). (various references) | |
Spanish | mirilla (eyehole, spyhole). (various references) | |
Swedish | observationsöppning (bye hole, observation hole, peep hole, sight hole). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вічко (eye, eyehole, eyelet, spyhole). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "peephole": peepholes. (additional references) | |
| |
"Peephole" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Leeholme, mephile, Nephele, Paehlke, Peasholme, Peepbo, peeptoe, Penepole, pophole. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-l-o-p-p" | |
-2 letters: epopee, hopple, people. | |
-3 letters: elope. | |
-4 letters: epee, heel, helo, help, hole, holp, hope, lope, peel, peep, pele, pepo, plop, pole, pope. | |
-5 letters: eel, hep, hoe, hop, lee, lop, ole, ope, pee, peh, pep, poh, pol, pop. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-h-l-o-p-p" | |
+1 letter: peepholes. | |
+5 letters: epiphenomenal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Digital Art 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
