peekaboonoun [ U ]
uk/ˌpiːk.əˈbuː/us/ˌpiːk.əˈbuː/UK also peep-bo, uk/ˌpiːpˈbəʊ/us/-ˈboʊ/a game played with very young children in which you hide your face, especially with your hands, and then suddenly take your hands away saying "peekaboo"
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Children's games
- blind man's buff
- double Dutch
- follow-my-leader
- hangman
- hide-and-seek
- hoopla
- hopscotch
- leapfrog
- life
- marble
- midget
- piggy in the middle
- piggyback
- play
- pretend
- ringtoss
- show-and-tell
- spitball
- tag
- trick-or-treating
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