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peeping

/ˈpiːpɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. The action of the verb to peep.

Plural peepings

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She was walking by the White Rabbit, who was peeping anxiously into her face.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 61 · B2
“It’s a lot nicer than going round by the road; that is so dusty and hot,” said Diana practically, peeping into her dinner basket and mentally calculating if the three juicy, toothsome, raspberry tarts reposing there were divided among ten girls how many bites each girl would have.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 105 · C1
Then, almost before anybody realized it, spring had come; out in Avonlea the Mayflowers were peeping pinkly out on the sere barrens where snow-wreaths lingered; and the “mist of green” was on the woods and in the valleys.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 300 · C1
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.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 34 · B2

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