peep
/pip/ verb C2- To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
- To speak briefly with a quiet voice.
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.”
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.
He tiptoed along the hall and stood for several minutes outside the door of the east gable before he summoned courage to tap on it with his fingers and then open the door to peep in.
They have no speech of their own, but use the stolen words which they overhear when they listen, and peep, and wait up above in the branches.
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