PEEP


Meaning of PEEP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pi:p ]

( peeps, peeping, peeped)

1.

If you peep , or peep at something, you have a quick look at it, often secretly and quietly.

Children came to peep at him round the doorway...

Now and then she peeped to see if he was noticing her.

= peek

VERB : V at n , V

Peep is also a noun.

‘Fourteen minutes,’ Chris said, taking a peep at his watch.

= peek

N-SING : a N

2.

If something peeps out from behind or under something, a small part of it is visible or becomes visible.

Purple and yellow flowers peeped up between rocks...

VERB : V prep / adv

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