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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the short weak cry of a young bird;
[syn: cheep, peep]

2. a secret look;
[syn: peek, peep]


VERB (5)

1. look furtively;
- Example: "He peeped at the woman through the window"

2. cause to appear;
- Example: "he peeped his head through the window"

3. make high-pitched sounds;
- Example: "the birds were chirping in the bushes"
[syn: peep, cheep, chirp, chirrup]

4. speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice;

5. appear as though from hiding;
- Example: "the new moon peeped through the tree tops"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peep \Peep\ (p[=e]p), n. 1. The cry of a young chicken; a chirp. [1913 Webster] 2. First outlook or appearance. [1913 Webster] Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn. --Gray. [1913 Webster] 3. A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment. [1913 Webster] To take t' other peep at the stars. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zool.) (a) Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla). (b) The European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis). [1913 Webster] Peep show, a small show, or object exhibited, which is viewed through an orifice or a magnifying glass. Peep-o'-day boys, the Irish insurgents of 1784; -- so called from their visiting the house of the loyal Irish at day break in search of arms. [Cant] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peep \Peep\ (p[=e]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peeped (p[=e]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Peeping.] [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. pipen, F. piper, p['e]pier, L. pipire, pipare, pipiare, D. & G. piepen. Senses 2 and 3 perhaps come from a transfer of sense from the sound which chickens make upon the first breaking of the shell to the act accompanying it; or perhaps from the influence of peek, or peak. Cf. Pipe.] 1. To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep. [1913 Webster] There was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. --Is. x. 14. [1913 Webster] 2. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance; as, the sun peeped over the eastern hills. [1913 Webster] When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms bear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry. [1913 Webster] Peep through the blanket of the dark. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From her cabined loophole peep. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Peep sight, an adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

peep n 1: the short weak cry of a young bird [syn: cheep, peep] 2: a secret look [syn: peek, peep] v 1: look furtively; "He peeped at the woman through the window" 2: cause to appear; "he peeped his head through the window" 3: make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes" [syn: peep, cheep, chirp, chirrup] 4: speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice 5: appear as though from hiding; "the new moon peeped through the tree tops"