I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
peeping Tom
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bobby peeped around the corner to see if anyone was coming.
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We peeped through a crack in the fence and saw Mrs Finley talking to a strange-looking man.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But I knew I had to look, so slowly I peeped round the door.
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First they come to peep , then they play at racing cars.
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He peeped through the white ornamental ironwork of the gate.
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Suddenly, one of my own was featured in a magazine I had peeped at previously, strictly for prurient purposes.
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The effect is rather like peeping into some one's mind and glimpsing snatches of recalled images, thoughts and conversation.
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The question now was, did I want to peep at the issue in which my niece appears?
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
take
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Why don't you take a peep at him, just to put your mind at rest?
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However, I think I'd better take a peep at the excavations.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He got a peep at her face before she slammed the door.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Before he took off, he couldn't resist another quick peep under the wagon.
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Four weeks and not a peep out of me.
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Have a peep through the viewing glass.
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I had a peep at her last Sunday.
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Listen, you've had your peep inside the Ladies.
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Not a peep is emitted by the Arizona senator who loves to crow.
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The traders who spoke to us never uttered so much as a peep against them.
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Why are their forays to and above the leaf surface accompanied by squeaks and peeps?