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  1  definition  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. 




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