Peep

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  • intransitive verb. To utter short, soft, high-pitched sounds, like those of a baby bird; cheep.
  • intransitive verb. To speak in a hesitant, thin, high-pitched voice.
  • noun. A short, soft, high-pitched sound or utterance, like that of a baby bird.
  • noun. A slight sound or utterance.
  • noun. Any of various small North American sandpipers.
  • intransitive verb. To peek furtively; steal a quick glance.
  • intransitive verb. To peer through a small aperture or from behind something.
  • intransitive verb. To appear as though emerging from a hiding place.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to emerge or become partly visible.
  • noun. A quick or furtive look or glance.
  • noun. A first glimpse or appearance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The cry of a young chick or other little bird.
  • noun. A sandpiper; a sandpeep.
  • To have the appearance of looking out or issuing from a narrow aperture or from a state of concealment; come partially into view; begin to appear.
  • To look (out or in) pryingly, slyly, or furtively, as through a crevice or small aperture; look narrowly, slyly, or pryingly; take a sly or furtive look; peer; peek.
  • To let appear; show.
  • noun. A sly or furtive look through or as if through a crevice; a hurried or partial view; a glimpse; hence, the first looking out of light from the eastern horizon.
  • noun. A crevice or aperture; a slit or opening affording only a narrow or limited view.
  • noun. Specifically The slit in the leaf of a rifle-sight.
  • noun. A pip.
  • To chirp, cheep, or pipe; utter a shrill thin sound, as a young chick.
  • To speak in a piping or chirping tone.
  • To speak.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep.
  • intransitive verb. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.
  • intransitive verb. To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry.
  • intransitive verb. an adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech.
  • noun. The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.
  • noun. First outlook or appearance.
  • noun. A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla).
  • noun. The European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
  • noun. a small show, or object exhibited, which is viewed through an orifice or a magnifying glass.
  • noun. the Irish insurgents of 1784; -- so called from their visiting the house of the loyal Irish at day break in search of arms.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To look, especially while trying not to be seen or noticed.
  • noun. A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one.
  • noun. A spot on a die or domino.
  • noun. A quiet sound, particularly one from a baby bird.
  • noun. A feeble utterance or complaint.
  • noun. The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill.
  • noun. A kind of bird; a sandpiper.
  • verb. To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
  • verb. To speak briefly with a quiet voice.
  • noun. person.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make high-pitched sounds
  • verb. cause to appear
  • noun. the short weak cry of a young bird
  • verb. appear as though from hiding
  • verb. look furtively
  • Word Usage
    "As numerous commentators have pointed out, it was certainly far less egregious than this, which elicited not a peep from the Obama Administration:"
    cross-reference
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    appear  cry  glance  look  looking  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Jeep  Streep  asleep  beep  bleep  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    glimpse  peek  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bend the eyes  blink  bug  cackle  call  
    verb-form
    peeped  peepes  peeping  peeps