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Peep show - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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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["o]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]
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