peep
/pip/ verb C2- To look forth from concealment, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed. · The man peeped through the small hole.
- To begin to appear; to make the first appearance.
- To take a look at; check out. · Did you peep that video I sent you?
- To see, uncover.
He/she/it peeps · Past peeped · Past participle peeped · -ing form peeping
Verb forms
- Base form
- peep
- He/she/it
- peeps
- Past
- peeped
- Past participle
- peeped
- -ing form
- peeping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Well,” said the woman, after thinking it over and taking another peep at the Lion, “if that is the case you may come in, and I will give you some supper and a place to sleep.”
Those lazy fellows have not even swept the cobwebs away.” While he thus examined everything in turn, he spied the tips of the antlers of the Stag peeping out of the straw.
Yes, I saw the picture—a young woman with her head on her hands, peeping at you sideways.”
For centuries it had remained unchanged; but within the last few years its picturesque appearance and situation have attracted a number of well-to-do residents, whose villas peep out from the woods around.
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