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peep

/piːp/ noun

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In Latin: pīpō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about peep at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The short weak cry of a young bird.
  2. A secret look.

verb

  1. Look furtively.
    He peeped at the woman through the window
  2. Cause to appear.
    he peeped his head through the window
  3. Make high-pitched sounds.
    the birds were chirping in the bushes

Origin

From Middle English pepen. Compare Dutch piepen (“peep”), German Low German piepen (“to peep”), German piepen and pfeifen, all probably onomatopoeic.

From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)

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