peep

noun

1. 1

   A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird. A feeble utterance or complaint.

   I don't want to hear a peep out of you!

2. 2

   A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird. A brood of chicks (young chickens).

   Two big canopy beds packed with kilims and cushions in the corner of the hut are lit warmly in the glow of the paraffin lanterns as a peep of chicks run inside, quite bravely I think, since their elder relative just got the chop.

   A peep of chicks feed in their cage at Oesterlings Lawn & Garden Thursday, April 14, 2022. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

   The mean weight of a peep of chicks is 1.3 pounds, with a standard deviation of 0.4 pounds. Kevin wants to know the weight of the chick he is buying, but the seller only has the z-score of 1.25. How much does the chick weigh?

3. 3

   The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill.

   With a "peep" from a high-pitched whistle, the train would leave by the crossover to the down line, […].

   "Peep, peep," said Edward, "I'm ready." "Peep, peep, peep," said Henry, "so am I."

4. 4

   A sandpiper or other small wader.

   When I spotted two small warm-brown scaley-plumaged ‘peeps’ with yellow legs, my commentary immediately identified them as Least Sandpipers.

verb

1. 1

   To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.

2. 2

   To speak briefly with a quiet voice.

verb

1. 1

   To look forth from concealment, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed.

   The man peeped through the small hole.

   And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.

   But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw, peeping around the massive silver epergne that almost obscured him from her view, that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.

2. 2

   datedTo begin to appear; to make the first appearance.

   When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms bear.

3. 3

   slangTo take a look at; check out.

   Did you peep that video I sent you?

   Peep me, I'm fabulous, I work with the hardest working women at Kay Jeweler's, selling the finest jewels to the richest people.

4. 4

   slangTo see, uncover.

   A lot of females were hesitant about getting with Pimp. He had a hard edge to him that made it impossible not to peep his cruel nature.

noun

1. 1

   A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one.

   So saying she loosened some ivory screws of the guitar, so as to open a peep lengthwise through its interior.

   I was sick with dread, but I bravely said: "I'll just take a peep inside. / I guess he's cooked, and it's time I looked"; […] then the door I opened wide.

   But at last Mr. Fox gave the order to stop. "I think," he said, "we had better take a peep upstairs now and see where we are. I know where I want to be, but I can't possibly be sure we're anywhere near it."

   Another wheel toy was a baker's barrow on wheels, 14 inches high; it was filled with buns, loaves, and crumpets and came from Hamley's. This toy in 1959 was a peep into the past, for wheeled barrows such as this one, had not been in use for a number of years.

2. 2

   The first partial appearance of something; a beginning to appear.

   the peep of day

3. 3

   A peepshow.

   A boring lusterless attempt at pornography, a niche above the racks of pulp pocketbooks sold in the front room of peeps.

noun

1. 1

   obsoleteA spot on a die or domino.

noun

1. 1

   slangA person.

noun

1. 1

   Variant of PeepAlternative letter-case form of Peep

Forms

plural

peeps

past tense

peeped

past participle

peeped

present participle

peeping

third person singular

peeps