| Front | peep |
|---|---|
| Back | peep verb, noun BrE /piːp/ NAmE /piːp/ verb verb forms word origin example bank 1 [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to look quickly and secretly at sth, especially through a small opening We caught her peeping through the keyhole. Could I just peep inside? He was peeping at her through his fingers. 2 [intransitive] + adv./prep. to be just visible The tower peeped above the trees. The sun peeped out from behind the clouds. 3 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) to make a short high sound; to make sth make this sound. noun word origin example bank 1 [countable, usually singular] a quick or secret look at sth Dave took a quick peep at the last page. 2 [singular] (informal) something that sb says or a sound that sb makes We did not hear a peep out of the baby all night. 3 [countable] a short high sound like the one made by a young bird or by a whistle 4 (also peep ˈpeep) [countable] (BrE) a word for the sound of a car's horn, used especially by children |
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