peepie-creepien.

Brit.

/ˌpiːpɪˈkriːpi/, U.S.

/ˌpipiˈkripi/

Forms: 1900s– peepie-creepie, 1900s– peepy-creepy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peep v.¹, -y suffix⁶, creep v.

Etymology: < peep v.¹ + -y suffix⁶ + creep v. + -y suffix⁶. Compare creepy-peepy n., and earlier walkie-lookie n., walkie-talkie n., handy-talkie n.

Originally and chiefly U.S. Now historical.

A portable television camera used for close-up shots on location.

ΚΠ

1952 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 7 July 4/7 Their job will be to get to the news on the floor with a portable camera which is known here as a peepie-creepie.

1954 F. G. Cassidy Robertson's Devel. Mod. Eng. (ed. 2) viii. 188 Walky-talky (a portable radio..), and its recent offspring peepie-creepie (a portable television camera).

1972 Times-Standard (Eureka, Calif.) 9 Aug. 1/4 Some of the convention trappings were on hand—the television lights, scaffolds and peepie-creepies.

1998 S. Mickelson Decade that Shaped Television News viii. 82 There was one other sophisticated technological device that we desperately wanted, a small hand-held shortwave camera... NBC did bring a ‘peepie creepie’ to the floor with something less than outstanding success.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peepie-creepie
释义	peepie-creepien. Brit. /ˌpiːpɪˈkriːpi/, U.S. /ˌpipiˈkripi/ Forms: 1900s– peepie-creepie, 1900s– peepy-creepy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peep v.¹, -y suffix⁶, creep v. Etymology: < peep v.¹ + -y suffix⁶ + creep v. + -y suffix⁶. Compare creepy-peepy n., and earlier walkie-lookie n., walkie-talkie n., handy-talkie n. Originally and chiefly U.S. Now historical. A portable television camera used for close-up shots on location. ΚΠ 1952 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 7 July 4/7 Their job will be to get to the news on the floor with a portable camera which is known here as a peepie-creepie. 1954 F. G. Cassidy Robertson's Devel. Mod. Eng. (ed. 2) viii. 188 Walky-talky (a portable radio..), and its recent offspring peepie-creepie (a portable television camera). 1972 Times-Standard (Eureka, Calif.) 9 Aug. 1/4 Some of the convention trappings were on hand—the television lights, scaffolds and peepie-creepies. 1998 S. Mickelson Decade that Shaped Television News viii. 82 There was one other sophisticated technological device that we desperately wanted, a small hand-held shortwave camera... NBC did bring a ‘peepie creepie’ to the floor with something less than outstanding success. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1952
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