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- pronunciation:
- pip
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
peeps, peeping, peeped |
| definition 1: |
to look quickly or furtively, often through a narrow opening or from a hiding place.
- synonyms:
- glance, glimpse, peek
- similar words:
- spy, squint
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| definition 2: |
to look in a playful or curious manner.
He tried to peep at the present I was wrapping.- synonyms:
- peek
- similar words:
- look, spy
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| definition 3: |
to appear briefly or to a slight degree.
The sun peeped through the thick foliage.- synonyms:
- peek, peer
- similar words:
- appear, emerge, glance, glimmer
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| related words: |
peer |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a quick or furtive look; peek.
- synonyms:
- glance, glimpse, peek
- similar words:
- look-see, once-over
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| definition 2: |
a quick, or the first, appearance of something.
- synonyms:
- glint
- similar words:
- glimmer
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| related words: |
blink, glance, glimpse, look |
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