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peep

Definition

  • noun: a quick, high sound that is made by a young bird or that is like the sound made by a young bird
  • verb: to utter a feeble shrill sound as of a bird newly hatched
  • verb: to make a quick, high sound
  • synonyms: cheep, pry, chirp

Examples

  • I'll just 'peep' [='peek'] in the room to see if the baby is sleeping.

  • They accepted her decision with hardly a 'peep' of protest.

  • Early spring flowers were 'peeping' through the snow.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Don't anybody move! Now, empty that safe! Money, money, money! Stop it! Stop it, you mean, old potato! Quiet, Bo Peep, or your sheep get run over! Help! Baa! Help us! Oh, no, not my sheep! Somebody do something! (..)
    1995 Toy Story