Synonyms for peeped

Grammar : Verb

Spell : peep

Phonetic Transcription : pip

Top 10 synonyms for peeped

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Définition of peeped

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.

verb sneak a look
verb appear briefly

Example sentences :

If they entered a house, he sat in the parlor; if they peeped into the kitchen, he was there.
Extract from : « Little Daffydowndilly » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Only then she peeped in at the amount, drawing the notes out for the purpose.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

He shook and trembled with fear as he peeped at the loathsome creature.
Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin

They went to the closed gate, and peeped through into the court-yard. '
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

And now he just peeped in, to see if he could tempt me forth to play.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

I happened to find the open bung-hole near my eye, and peeped out.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

I peeped into the apartment to my right, and then into that on my left.
Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu

Over the dreariest marshes it peeped and into all our talk he came.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

Charlie peeped warily, was trapped at it, and opened his eyes resignedly.
Extract from : « Flamedown » by Horace Brown Fyfe

She sought her all about the house; peeped into all sorts of corners.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 » by Various

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