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# peekaboo

«peekaboo» in Mova's school dictionary: **a game for babies where you hide your face and then show…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

interjection (peekaboo!); noun (peekaboo — a game)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Peekaboo is a game for babies where you hide your face and then show it, saying «Peekaboo!». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#m1)

2) Peekaboo is what you say when you show your face in that game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#m2)

3) A peekaboo piece of clothing has a small gap or hole that lets something show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life with babies and toddlers it is a first game that teaches that things still exist when hidden. In stories it signals a playful moment. Phrases: «play peekaboo».

### examples

- My baby sister laughs when I play peekaboo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#x1)
- «Peekaboo!» said Dad, peeping out from behind his hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#x2)
- The puppy played peekaboo behind the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#x3)
- Babies love peekaboo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#x4)
- The sun played peekaboo with the clouds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#x5)
- She wore a dress with a peekaboo back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#x6)
- Grandma hid behind the door: «Peekaboo, I see you!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#x7)
- We played peekaboo all afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/#x8)

### note

Also spelled «peek-a-boo». UK also «peepo». «Peek» means look quickly — do not spell it «peak» (top of a mountain) or «pique».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «peekaboo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peekaboo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.