peepverb
uk/piːp/us/piːp/peep verb (LOOK)
C2 [ I usually + adv/prep ] to secretly look at something for a short time, usually through a hole:
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Using the eyes
- before your very eyes idiom
- beheld
- bore
- breathe
- come to sb's attention/notice idiom
- eye
- feast
- gawk
- get a load of that! idiom
- get him, her, you, etc.! idiom
- glance
- keep tabs on sth/sb idiom
- look-see
- observational
- out of/from the corner of your eye idiom
- passer-by
- rest
- sneak
- squint
- visual
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peep verb (APPEAR)
[ I usually + adv/prep ] to appear slowly and not be completely seen:
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Appearing & disappearing
- act
- bubble up
- come up
- conjure
- creep
- disappear off the face of the earth idiom
- do a disappearing/vanishing act idiom
- drain
- emerge
- erupt
- evaporate
- face
- form
- manifestation
- melt
- pop
- puff
- pull
- pull sth up
- wither
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peep verb (NOISE)
[ I ] to make a weak high noise
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Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bark
- bellow
- caterwaul
- caw
- cluck
- coo
- growl
- hiss
- howling
- oink
- snarl
- squawk
- squee
- trumpet
- whimper
- woof
- yelp
- yip
- yowl
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peepnoun
uk/piːp/us/piːp/peep noun (SOMETHING SAID)
[ S ] informal a statement, answer, or complaint:
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Complaining
- beef
- bewail
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom
- cavil
- chunter
- complainant
- complaint
- groan
- grouse
- harp
- harp on (about sth)
- huff and puff idiom
- kick
- lodge
- make a noise about sth idiom
- protest
- quibble
- squeal
- start on at sb
- whinger
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peep noun (NOISE)
[ C ] the weak high noise made by young birds
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Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bark
- bellow
- caterwaul
- caw
- cluck
- coo
- growl
- hiss
- howling
- oink
- snarl
- squawk
- squee
- trumpet
- whimper
- woof
- yelp
- yip
- yowl
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peep noun (LOOK)
[ S ] a quick look:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Using the eyes
- before your very eyes idiom
- beheld
- bore
- breathe
- come to sb's attention/notice idiom
- eye
- feast
- gawk
- get a load of that! idiom
- get him, her, you, etc.! idiom
- glance
- keep tabs on sth/sb idiom
- look-see
- observational
- out of/from the corner of your eye idiom
- passer-by
- rest
- sneak
- squint
- visual
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