bo-peep
/bəʊˈpiːp
/noun Australian /NZ informal
A quick look.I just took a Bo peep at that awful video of you, and I gotta say, that's some ugly head you got....
- I just had a bo peep at this album and boy, did you hit the jackpot here.
- Following the advice from a fellow techie who had worked on it before, I had a bo-peep with the back off and the room lights out and there it was.
Origin
Early 16th century (originally denoting a game of hiding and reappearing): from bo, an exclamation intended to startle someone (compare with boo1) + the verb peep1. The current sense dates from the 1940s.