peep

noun10

1. •
   A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
2. •
   A feeble utterance or complaint.

   • I don't want to hear a peep out of you!
3. •
   The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically shrill.

   • With a "peep" from a high-pitched whistle, the train would leave by the crossover to the down line, […]. — 1954
4. •
   A quick look or glimpse, especially a furtive one.

   • So saying she loosened some ivory screws of the guitar, so as to open a peep lengthwise through its interior. — 1852
5. •
   (slang) A person.
6. •
   The first partial appearance of something; a beginning to appear.
7. •
   A peepshow.

   • A boring lusterless attempt at pornography, a niche above the racks of pulp pocketbooks sold in the front room of peeps. — 1981
8. •
   (informal) A sandpiper or other small wader.

   • When I spotted two small warm-brown scaley-plumaged ‘peeps’ with yellow legs, my commentary immediately identified them as Least Sandpipers. — 1983
9. •
   A brood of chicks (young chickens).

   • A peep of chicks feed in their cage at Oesterlings Lawn & Garden Thursday, April 14, 2022. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle — 2022
10. •
    (no longer used) A spot on a die or domino.

verb6

1. •
   To look forth from concealment, especially through a narrow opening, or while trying not to be seen or noticed.

   • The man peeped through the small hole.
2. •
   (slang) To take a look at; check out.

   • Did you peep that video I sent you?
3. •
   To make a soft, shrill noise like a baby bird.
4. •
   To begin to appear; to make the first appearance.

   • When flowers first peeped, and trees did blossoms bear. — 1675
5. •
   To speak briefly with a quiet voice.
6. •
   (slang) To see, uncover.

   • A lot of females were hesitant about getting with Pimp. He had a hard edge to him that made it impossible not to peep his cruel nature. — 2006

noun2

1. •
   (slang) A World War II jeep attached to an armored regiment.
2. •
   Acronym of positive end-expiratory pressure.

noun1

1. •
   (US) A soft marshmallow confection, shaped into a baby animal for Easter celebration.