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Noun: peep  peep
  1. The short weak cry of a young bird
    - cheep
     
  2. A secret look
    - peek
     
  3. A feeble utterance or complaint
    "I don't want to hear a peep out of you!"
Verb: peep  peep
  1. Look furtively
    "He peeped at the woman through the window"
     
  2. Cause to come into view
    "he peeped his head through the window"
     
  3. Make high-pitched sounds
    "the birds were peeping in the bushes";
    - cheep, chirp, chirrup
     
  4. Speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice
     
  5. Appear as though from hiding
    "the new moon peeped through the tree tops"

Derived forms: peeps, peeped, peeping

Type of: appear, butcher's [Brit, slang], cry, emit, gander [informal], let loose, let out, look, looking, looking at, mouth, show, speak, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Encyclopedia: Peep