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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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