peep
noun/piːp/
/piːp/
- [countable, usually singular] a quick or secret look at something
- Dave took a quick peep at the last page.
Extra Examples- I noticed him take a little peep at his watch.
- I took a peep through the keyhole.
- The film gives us a peep behind the curtain at a Broadway musical.
- a peep into the private life of a world leader
- I took a quick peep at the last page.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- quick
- have
- take
- get
- …
- peep at
- peep behind
- peep into
- …
- [singular] (informal) something that somebody says or a sound that somebody makes
- We did not hear a peep out of the baby all night.
- Not a peep of protest was heard from the State Department.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + peep- utter
- hear
- (not) a peep
- [countable] a short high sound like the one made by a young bird or by a whistle (= a small metal or plastic tube that you blow to make a high sound)
- (also peep peep)[countable] (British English) a word for the sound of a car’s horn, used especially by children
Word Originnoun sense 1 late 15th cent.: symbolic; compare with peek. noun senses 2 to 4 late Middle English: imitative; compare with cheep.
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