peep

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To look quickly or secretly, especially through a small opening.

   The man peeped through the small hole in the fence.

2. 2
   verb

   To begin to appear or come slowly into view.

   The new moon peeped through the tree tops.

3. 3
   noun

   A small, weak sound or the slightest word of complaint.

   I don't want to hear a peep out of you!

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

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