Peep

v. i.	1.	To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep. [imp. & p. p. Peeped (pēpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Peeping.] There was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. - Is. x. 14.
	2.	To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance; as, the sun peeped over the eastern hills. When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms bear. - Dryden.
	3.	To look cautiously or slyly; to peer, as through a crevice; to pry. Peep through the blanket of the dark. - Shak. From her cabined loophole peep. - Milton. Peep sight an adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech.
n.	1.	The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.
	2.	First outlook or appearance. Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn. - Gray.
	3.	A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment. To take t' other peep at the stars. - Swift.
	4.	(Zool.) Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper (Trigna minutilla). Peep show a small show, or object exhibited, which is viewed through an orifice or a magnifying glass. Peep-o'-day boys the Irish insurgents of 1784; - so called from their visiting the house of the loyal Irish at day break in search of arms.

Noun	1.	peep - the short weak cry of a young bird Synonyms: cheep
	2.	peep - a secret look Synonyms: peek
Verb	1.	peep - look furtively; "He peeped at the woman through the window"
	2.	peep - cause to appear; "he peeped his head through the window"
	3.	peep - make high-pitched sounds; of birds Synonyms: cheep, chirp, chirrup, twirp
	4.	peep - speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice
	5.	peep - appear as though from hiding; "the new moon peeped through the tree tops"

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