## Meanings
1. To look quickly or secretly, especially through a small opening.
2. To begin to appear or come slowly into view.
3. A small, weak sound or the slightest word of complaint.

## Examples
- The man peeped through the small hole in the fence.
- The new moon peeped through the tree tops.
- I don't want to hear a peep out of you!

## Derived Forms
- bo-peep
- by-peep
- day-peep
- peek
- peep-bo
- peep-toe
- peeper
- peepers
- peephole
- peepless
- peepo
- peepy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: pepen

## Etymology
From Middle English pepen. Compare Dutch piepen (“peep”), German Low German piepen (“to peep”), German piepen and pfeifen, all probably onomatopoeic.

## AI Etymology
Peep comes from Middle English pepen. Compare Dutch piepen (“peep”), German Low German piepen (“to peep”), German piepen and pfeifen, all probably onomatopoeic. Modern senses include to look quickly or secretly, especially through a small opening and to begin to appear or come slowly into view. The wider word family includes derivatives such as bo-peep, by-peep, day-peep, peek, peep-bo, and peep-toe.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Senses & Perception

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