verb
definition
To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
definition
To speak briefly with a quiet voice.
verb
definition
To look, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed.
example
The man peeped through the small hole.
definition
To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance.
noun
definition
The action of the verb to peep.
Examples of peeping in a Sentence
It was some local peeping Tom by the sound of it.
The later story, with its episode of Peeping Tom, has been evolved by later chroniclers.
Clarissa sat her chair like a queen on a throne, the toe of a red pump and a white plaster clad foot peeping out from under her long gown.
You're a peeping tom, not a killer.
Some were red, some white, and others were delicate pink, and they were peeping out from between the green leaves like beautiful little fairies.
The wooden effigy of Peeping Tom which, since 1812, has looked out on the world from a house at the north-west corner of Hertford Street, Coventry, represents a man in armour, and was probably an image of St George.
In summer it becomes a mass of pink, rose, or crimson flowers barely peeping above the leaves.
One person disobeyed her proclamation, a tailor, ever afterwards known as Peeping Tom.
With the laundry washing and the sun peeping through curtainless panes, she set out to explore the house.
Both were as anxious as I to hear the results of Howie's attempt to visit the Vermont bike-riding peeping Tom.
Sometimes the tree is a mere knot peeping above the sand with a sheaf of thin branches.
Of course I did not debase myself by peeping into the letter.
Some were red, some white, and others pale pink, and they were just peeping out of the green leaves, as rosy-faced children peep out from their warm beds in wintertime before they are quite willing to get up.
A pair of pointy-toed red stilettos peeping out of the bottom of black trousers can be a great look for work, and red shoes are a good way to add interest to an otherwise dull suit or dress.
High heeled Mary Janes can look fabulous with skirts and dresses, and can also look good peeping out from the bottom of a pair of pants.
The first impression is of the great swathe of 14th century aisle, with a pretty clerestory peeping above it.
He wears a thick, chunky blue sweater with a shirt collar just peeping over the top.
Already she began to see quite plainly the little elves in their tall pointed hats, dancing down the dusky alleys, and peeping from between the bushes, and they seemed to come nearer and nearer; and she stretched her hands up towards the tree in which the doll sat and they laughed, and pointed their fingers at her.
Then they began to wander merrily about searching for nuts, climbing trees, peeping curiously into the empty birds' nests, and playing hide and seek from behind the trees.
Natasha jumped on it, sank into the feather bed, rolled over to the wall, and began snuggling up the bedclothes as she settled down, raising her knees to her chin, kicking out and laughing almost inaudibly, now covering herself up head and all, and now peeping at her mother.
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