PEEP SIGHT

Meaning of PEEP SIGHT in English

() An adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech; -- distinguished from an open sight.

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

PEEP SIGHT — noun Date: 1866 a rear sight for a gun having an adjustable metal piece pierced with a small hole to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PEEP SIGHT — noun : a rear sight having an adjustable metal piece pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PEEP SIGHT — a plate containing a small hole through which a gunner peeps in sighting. [ 1880-85 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PEEP SIGHT — viewfinder that has a very narrow opening
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PEEP SIGHT — Date: 1866 : a rear sight for a gun having an adjustable metal piece pierced with a small hole to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PEEP SIGHT — add. ·- an adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or …
Webster English vocab
PEEP SIGHT — Function: noun Date: 1866 : a rear sight for a gun having an adjustable metal piece pierced with a small …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PEEP SIGHT — ■ noun a backsight for rifles with a circular hole through which the foresight is brought into line with the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PEEP SIGHT — [peep sight] n (1881): a rear sight for a gun having an adjustable metal piece pierced with a small hole …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PEEP SIGHT — (военное) диоптрический прицел
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PEEP SIGHT — воен. диоптрический прицел
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PEEP SIGHT — воен. диоптрический прицел
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PEEP SIGHT — воен. диоптрический прицел
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PEEP-SIGHT — щель глазной мишени
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
PEEP SIGHT — (военное) диоптрический прицел
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIGHT — I. sīt, usu -īd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sighth, sith, siht, sight, from Old English sihth, ge …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PEEP — I. ˈpēp intransitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English pepen, of imitative origin 1. : to utter a feeble …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SIGHT — — sightable , adj. — sighter , n. /suyt/ , n. 1. the power or faculty of seeing; perception of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PEEP — peep 1 /peep/ , v.i. 1. to look through a small opening or from a concealed location. 2. to look …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SIGHT — I. ˈsīt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gesiht faculty or act of sight, thing seen; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PEEP — I. ˈpēp intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English pepen, of imitative origin Date: 15th century 1. : to utter a feeble …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SIGHT — vi to take aim by a sight. 2. sight ·vt the instrument of seeing; the eye. 3. sight ·vt a …
Webster English vocab
PEEP — noun first outlook or appearance. 2. peep ·noun the cry of a young chicken; a chirp. 3. peep ·noun the …
Webster English vocab
SIGHT — [sight] n [ME, fr. OE gesiht faculty or act of sight, thing seen; akin to OHG gisiht sight, OE seon …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PEEP — [peep] vi [ME pepen, of imit. origin] (15c) 1: to utter a feeble shrill sound as of a bird newly …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SIGHT — / saɪt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ABILITY TO SEE 1. [ U ] the ability to see …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PEEP — / piːp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. [ v ] peep (at sth) to look quickly and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIGHT — I. sight 1 S2 W2 /saɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ sight , ↑ insight , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PEEP — I. peep 1 /piːp/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: Perhaps from peek ] 1 . [intransitive] to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SIGHT — n. & v. --n. 1 a the faculty of seeing with the eyes (lost his sight). b the act or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PEEP — v. & n. --v.intr. 1 (usu. foll. by at, in, out, into) look through a narrow opening; look furtively. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SIGHT — n. & v. n. 1 a the faculty of seeing with the eyes (lost his sight). b the act or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PEEP — v. & n. v.intr. 1 (usu. foll. by at, in, out, into) look through a narrow opening; look furtively. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SIGHT — n. & v. --n. 1. a the faculty of seeing with the eyes (lost his sight). b the act or …
Oxford English vocab
PEEP — 1. v. & n. --v.intr. 1. (usu. foll. by at, in, out, into) look through a narrow opening; look furtively. …
Oxford English vocab
SIGHT — ( sights, sighting, sighted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Someone’s sight …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PEEP — ( peeps, peeping, peeped) 1. If you peep , or peep at something, you have a quick look at it, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIGHT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an eye test/a sight test ▪ All children starting school are given a sight …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PEEP — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES peeping Tom EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Bobby peeped around the corner to see …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SIGHT — (VIEW) [noun] - something that is in someone's viewThe rope marking the end of the race was a welcome sight …
Cambridge English vocab
SIGHT — Synonyms and related words : Anschauung, aim, aim at, airscape, amazement, angle, angle of vision, assumption, astonishing thing, astonishment, atrocity, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PEEP — n 1. people. ("How many peeps will be at the party?") -v 1. to listen to. ("Yo, peep this.") Submitted …
Slang English vocab
PEEP — I. verb Synonyms: chirp , cheep, chip, chipper, ||chirm, chirrup, chitter, tweedle, tweet, twitter Related Word: pip II. verb to …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SIGHT — I. noun 1 ability to see ⇨ See also ↑ eyesight VERB + SIGHT ▪ have ▪ She has very …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PEEP — I. noun 1 quick look ADJECTIVE ▪ quick VERB + PEEP ▪ have , take ▪ get PREPOSITION ▪ ~ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SIGHT — n. 25B6; noun she has excellent sight : EYESIGHT, vision, eyes, faculty of sight, visual perception. her first sight of …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PEEP — n. 25B6; noun I heard a quiet peep : CHEEP, chirp, chirrup, tweet, twitter, chirr, warble. there's been not a …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SIGHT — n. 1 eyesight, vision, eyes His sight was completely restored by the operation 2 field of view or of vision, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PEEP — v. 1 chirp, tweet, cheep, squeak, twitter, pipe, chirrup The birds peeped excitedly when they saw the cat n. 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SIGHT — 1. сущ. 1) зрение near sight ≈ близорукость long sight ≈ дальнозоркость loss of sight ≈ потеря зрения, слепота short …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PEEP — I 1. сущ. 1) а) беглый взгляд б) тайный взгляд, взгляд украдкой Syn : glance I 1. 2) первое появление; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIGHT — sight.ogg 1. saıt n 1. зрение good bad sight - хорошее плохое зрение long sight - а) дальнозоркость; б) дальновидность …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PEEP — peep.ogg _I 1. pi:p n 1. быстрый взгляд ( часто украдкой ) to get a peep of smth. - увидеть …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SIGHT — 1) зрение 2) поле зрения 3) прицел; визир || нацеливать; визировать 4) смотровое отверстие 5) геод. отсчёт, взгляд || брать …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SIGHT — 1) зрение 2) поле зрения 3) прицел; визир || нацеливать; визировать 4) смотровое отверстие 5) геод. отсчёт, взгляд || брать отсчёт, определять взгляд 6) мн. …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SIGHT — 1) взгляд 2) визирный 3) визирование 4) глазок 5) зрение 6) поле зрения 7) прицеливаться 8) свизировать 9) смотровой 10) точка зрения 11) увидеть • difference in length of sight — разность …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SIGHT — sight сущ.1) зрение near sight — близорукость His sight was exquisitely keen and clear. — У него было исключительно острое …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PEEP — peep I 1. сущ.1) а) беглый взгляд б) тайный взгляд, взгляд украдкой Syn:glance I 1. 2) первое появление; проблеск - …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SIGHT — 1. saıt n 1. зрение good bad sight - хорошее плохое зрение long sight - а) дальнозоркость; б) дальновидность short …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PEEP — _I 1. pi:p n 1. быстрый взгляд ( часто украдкой ) to get a peep of smth. - увидеть что-л. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SIGHT — 1. сущ. 1) зрение near sight — близорукость His sight was exquisitely keen and clear. — У него было исключительно …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PEEP — I 1. сущ. 1) а) беглый взгляд б) тайный взгляд, взгляд украдкой Syn: glance I 1. 2) первое появление; проблеск …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SIGHT — 1. сущ. 1) зрение near sight — близорукость His sight was exquisitely keen and clear. — У него было исключительно острое и четкое …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PEEP — I 1. сущ. 1) а) беглый взгляд б) тайный взгляд, взгляд украдкой Syn: glance I 1. 2) первое появление; проблеск - peep of dawn - peep of day - peep …
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