Synonyms for peeper

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pee-per

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpi pər

Top 10 synonyms for peeper

Other synonyms for the word peeper

Définition of peeper

Origin : 1650s, "one who peeps," agent noun from peep (v.1). Slang meaning "eye" is c.1700. From 1590s as "young chicken" and 1857 as "tree frog" (American English), both from peep (v.2).

As in private eye : noun private detective
As in baby blues : noun postnatal depression
As in peeping Tom : noun person secretly watching others
As in toad : noun amphibian
As in detective : noun investigator of crime
As in eye : noun optical organ of an animate being

Example sentences :

"You bet I'll keep a peeper on him," he bragged, reaching for his hat.
Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine

You will not have much use of this peeper for a week or ten days to come.
Extract from : « Lily Norris' Enemy » by Joanna Mathews

Why, I've been longing for years to learn how peeper frogs peep.
Extract from : « Wilderness of Spring » by Edgar Pangborn

Mrs. Spafford, a peeper through doors and keyholes, explained the schoolmarm's methods.
Extract from : « Bunch Grass » by Horace Annesley Vachell

I went back to the peeper screen just as Joey buzzed my signal again.
Extract from : « Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... » by Gordon Randall Garrett

She ran to the window, evidently startling the peeper quite as much as she had been startled herself.
Extract from : « Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp » by Annie Roe Carr

A farmer going by told him it was only a "spring Peeper," whatever that was, "some kind of a critter in the water."
Extract from : « Two Little Savages » by Ernest Thompson Seton

But Scott, of course, had even less in common with the peeper and botanizer on maidens' hearts than with the wildest romanticist.
Extract from : « Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete » by Sir Walter Scott

He kept his eyes on the crosshair of the peeper, one hand over the timer button.
Extract from : « Anchorite » by Randall Garrett

He quietly sidled up to the hole where a peeper's nose made a knot on the tent on the inside.
Extract from : « Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales » by Robert L. Taylor

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