peep : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: peep	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for peep
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peep n the short weak cry of a young bird Synonym(s): cheep, peep a secret look Synonym(s): peek, peep v look furtively; "He peeped at the woman through the window" cause to appear; "he peeped his head through the window" make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes" Synonym(s): peep, cheep, chirp, chirrup speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice appear as though from hiding; "the new moon peeped through the tree tops"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peep \Peep\, n. 1. The cry of a young chicken; a chirp. 2. First outlook or appearance. Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn. --Gray. 3. A sly look; a look as through a crevice, or from a place of concealment. To take t' other peep at the stars. --Swift. 4. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any small sandpiper, as the least sandpiper ({Trigna minutilla}). (b) The European meadow pipit ({Anthus pratensis}). {Peep show}, a small show, or object exhibited, which is viewed through an orifice or a magnifying glass. {Peep-o'-day boys}, the Irish insurgents of 1784; -- so called from their visiting the house of the loyal Irish at day break in search of arms. [Cant]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peep \Peep\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Peeped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Peeping}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. pipen, F. piper, p[82]pier, L. pipire, pipare, pipiare, D. & G. piepen. Senses 2 and 3 perhaps come from a transfer of sense from the sound which chickens make upon the first breaking of the shell to the act accompanying it; or perhaps from the influence of peek, or peak. Cf. {Pipe}.] 1. To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep. There was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. --Is. x. 14. 2. To begin to appear; to look forth from concealment; to make the first appearance. When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms bear. --Dryden.