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Synonyms for peep
Grammar : Noun |
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Phonetic Transcription : pip |
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Définition of peep
Origin :- "glance" (especially through a small opening), mid-15c., perhaps alteration of Middle English piken (see peek (v.)). Peeping Tom "a curious prying fellow" [Grose] is from 1796; connection with Lady Godiva story dates only from 1837.
- noun chirp
- And if she's Cinderella, can't we have a peep at the fairy godmother?
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- I had a peep at him in the stall, an' he's lookin' purty fit.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Only one peep; and then the lid shall be shut down as safely as ever!
- Extract from : « The Paradise of Children » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Morning arrived, and the boys, as usual, were up at the first peep of day.
- Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
- My little one, you see, going round with me to have a peep at her father's birds.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Through a screen of wood and glass, I peep into the dim church.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- We'll have a peep from the picture-gallery into the ball-room.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- It would not be more than ten or twelve miles, and so I should get a peep of the rectory.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- I liked to peep into the cabins they had—get on to all the luxuries there.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- He tried to peep through the keyhole, but the key was in it.
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
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