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peep
v. i. [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. pipen, F. piper, ppier, L. pipire, pipare, pipiare, D. & G. piepen. Senses 2 and 3 perhaps come from a transfer of sense from the sound which chickens make upon the first breaking of the shell to the act accompanying it; or perhaps from the influence of peek, or peak. Cf. Pipe.]1. To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep. ()
There was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. (Is. x. 14.)
2. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance; as, the sun peeped over the eastern hills. ()
When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms bear. (Dryden.)
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3. To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry. ()
Peep through the blanket of the dark. (Shak.)
From her cabined loophole peep. (Milton.)
Peep sight, an adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech. ()
n. 1. The cry of a young chicken; a chirp. ()
2. First outlook or appearance. ()
Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn. (Gray.)
3. A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment. ()
To take t' other peep at the stars. (Swift.)
4. (Zol.) Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla). ()
Peep show, a small show, or object exhibited, which is viewed through an orifice or a magnifying glass. -- Peep-o'-day boys, the Irish insurgents of 1784; -- so called from their visiting the house of the loyal Irish at day break in search of arms. [Cant] ()


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