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peep

/pip/ noun B2
  1. A feeble utterance or complaint. · I don't want to hear a peep out of you!
  2. A brood of chicks (young chickens).
  3. The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill.
  4. A sandpiper or other small wader. (colloquial)

Plural peeps

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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.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 58 · B2
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.
The Valley of Fear, p. 21 · C1
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.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 72 · C1
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.
The Jungle Book, p. 34 · B2

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