3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peep \Peep\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Peeped}; 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.
There was none that moved the wing, or opened the
mouth, or peeped. --Is. x. 14.
2. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to
make the first appearance.
When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms
bear. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peep \Peep\, n.
1. The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.
2. First outlook or appearance.
Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn. --Gray.
3. A sly look a look as through a crevice, or from a place
of concealment.
To take t' other peep at the stars. --Swift.
4. (Zo["o]l.)
a Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper ({Trigna
minutilla}).
b The European meadow pipit ({Anthus pratensis}).
{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]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
peep
n 1: the short weak cry of a young bird [syn: {cheep}]
2: a secret look [syn: {peek}]
v : look furtively [syn: {peek}]
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