peeped
past simple and past participle ofpeep
peep
verb
uk/piːp/us/piːp/peepverb(LOOK)
C2[Iusually+ adv/prep]
tosecretlylookat something for ashorttime, usually through ahole:
Isawher peepingthroughthecurtains/intotheroom.
to look at someone or something
- lookLook over there! A rainbow!
- watchI sat by the window and watched people walking past.
- glanceShe glanced around the room to see who was there.
- peepShe peeped through the curtains to see what was happening.
- peekHe peeked inside the box.
- stareDon't stare at people like that - it's rude.
Using the eyes
- accommodate
- accommodation
- all eyes are onsomeone/somethingidiom
- astigmatic
- beholder
- butcher
- corner
- fix
- gaze
- glare
- glass
- lookout
- perceive
- scope
- seesomethingwithyourown eyesidiom
- seeing is believingidiom
- shoot a glance atsomeoneidiom
- spot
- stand oversomeone
- tab
peepverb(APPEAR)
[Iusually+ adv/prep]
toappearslowlyand not becompletelyseen:
A few earlyflowershad peeped up through thesnow.
The cat'stailwas peepingoutfrom under thebed.
Appearing & disappearing
- act
- Bermuda Triangle
- bubble up
- creep
- creep in/creep intosomething
- deliquesce
- disappearance
- dissolve
- filter
- melt away
- mizzle
- pass
- reappear
- reappearance
- rematerialize
- spring
- vanish
- vanish/go up/disappear in a puff of smokeidiom
- vanishing
- wind
peepverb(NOISE)
[I]
to make aweakhighnoise
Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bleat
- buzzy
- caterwauling
- chatter
- cockcrow
- coo
- cry
- hee-haw
- honk
- howling
- miaow
- moo
- peep
- purr
- quack
- squeak
- trill
- trumpet
- warble
Examplesofpeeped
peeped
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Shepeepedthrough a hole in a tent and saw a man in the rear.
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We have onlypeepedunder the cover of a brand-new world which could provide many solutions to human and environmental problems.
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Theypeepedinto the kitchen and were appalled by the lack of hygiene.
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At times there haspeepedthrough these debates the doctrine of the equality of misery; that if one has to suffer, we must all suffer.
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I havepeepedinto their policy review to see what they say.
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Itpeepedout in private conversation over and over again.
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On the very next day morning she started searching for the deities -peepedinto an anthill and found the deities hidden in it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Tinio and his fellow boarders, wondering at the commotion,peepedthrough a hole on the floor and saw the soldiers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His clothes were rags; his feetpeepedout of his shoes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Before long, dawn came and when hepeepedinto the cellar, there was no figure of any woman.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Then the birdpeepeddown to see what the matter was, and opened his mouth.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When all the players have bid, the superior declaring hand has the privilege, if he haspeeped, of exchanging the table card for one of his own.
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- outer membrane
- outermost
- outermost layer
- outer perimeter
- outer petals
- outerplanar
- outer planet
- outer portion
- outer radius
- outer reef
- outer region
- outer ring
- outer-ring
- outer shell
- output port
- output shaft
- output shaft
- output tax
- output-tax
- output terminal
- output terminal
- outrage
- outraged
- outrageous
- outrageous act