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# peep

«peep» in Mova's school dictionary: **to look quickly and secretly, often through a small hole…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (peep, peeps, peeped, peeping); noun (a peep, peeps)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To peep is to look quickly and secretly, often through a small hole or gap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peep/#m1)

2) A peep is a quick look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peep/#m2)

3) A peep is a short, high sound, like a baby bird makes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peep/#m3)

4) "Not a peep" means no sound or no complaint at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peep/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, characters peep through keyholes or curtains; "Peeping Tom" means someone who spies on people, which is wrong. In games, peek-a-boo and "No peeping!" in hide-and-seek. Phrases: "peep out", "take a peep", "not a peep out of you".

### examples

- She peeped through the curtains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peep/#x1)
- No peeping while I hide! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peep/#x2)
- Take a peep inside the box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peep/#x3)
- The chicks gave a little peep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peep/#x4)
- I don't want to hear a peep out of you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peep/#x5)
- The sun peeped out from behind the clouds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peep/#x6)
- He peeped inside the closet--no one! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peep/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: peeped, peeping. Similar: peek. Sound meaning: peep, cheep, tweet.

### In the corpora

- [A stripy head peeps out of a hedge: Badger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/3/)
- [Mole ran off, crept back along a ditch and peeped through the hedge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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